Betrouwbaar Michael Faraday and the Electrical Century – Iwan Rhys Morus

Faraday’s forte was electricity, a revolutionary force in 19th-century society. The electric telegraph made mass-communication possible; hopeful inventors during the 1840s looked forward to the day when everything would be done by electricity. By the end of the century, electricity really was in the process of transforming everyday life.
What was Faraday’s role in all this? How did his science come to have such an impact on the Victorians’ (and ultimately on our) lives? Iwan Morus tells the story of his upbr…