Mathematician:Michael Faraday

Mathematician

English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 22 September 1791 in Newington Butts, England
• Died: 25 August 1867 in Hampton Court, Middlesex, England

Theorems, Definitions and Inventions

• Faraday (unit of electric charge)

• Farad (unit of capacitance)
  • Abfarad
  • Statfarad

• Faraday Cage
• Faraday Constant
• Faraday Cup
• Faraday Rotator
• Faraday Wave
• Faraday Wheel

• Faraday Effect
• Faraday-Efficiency Effect
• Faraday's Law of Induction
• Faraday's Laws of Electrolysis
• Faraday Paradox

• Maxwell-Faraday Equation (with James Clerk Maxwell)

Results named for Michael Faraday can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Michael Faraday can be found here.

Publications

• 1827: Chemical Manipulation, Being Instructions to Students in Chemistry

Sources

• 1978: A.P. French and Edwin F. Taylor: An Introduction to Quantum Physics ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: Simple models of the atom: $\text {1-3}$: The Electrical Structure of Matter
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): farad
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): farad