"He is always the natural philosopher. To discover truth is his sole aim and interest...even if I could be Shakespeare, I think I should still choose to be Faraday.''
Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist. Even though he didn't have much formal schooling, he made big discoveries in how electricity and magnetism work together. One of his most important findings was about how moving a magnet near a wire can make electricity flow in the wire. This discovery is why we have things like electric generators today. He also figured out a lot about how chemicals interact with electricity. His work helped lay the groundwork for things like electric power and how we understand electricity and magnetism today. Plus, he was really good at explaining science to ordinarily people, which made his ideas widespread.Faraday is greatly acknowledged for his discoveries by everyone. Albert Einstein kept a picture of Faraday on his study wall, alongside those of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell, and Margaret Thatcher called him her "hero" and had bust of him placed in the hall of 10 Downing Street. In 2002, he was voted by the people of the UK as the 22nd Greatest Briton in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons.
Appears in the following works:
Literature
- The Marvelous Paracosm of Fitz Faraday and the Shapers of the Id, in the 2016 science fantasy novel, the protagonist Fitz Faraday's full name is FitzGerald Michael Faraday.
Theater
- Fire From Heaven Michael Faraday And The Dawn Of The Electrical Age, a 2022 play written and directed by Murray Watts in which Faraday is played by Andrew Harrison.
Western Animation
- Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, the episode "The Electric Boy" is about Faraday's life and he is featured in animated segments.
