Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature
Born in Newington Butts, London. My father was a blacksmith who could not always afford food. I had almost no formal education. Apprenticed to a bookbinder at 14 -- and read every book I bound. At 20, I attended four lectures by Sir Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution. I took meticulous notes, bound them beautifully, and sent them to Davy asking for a job. He hired me as a laboratory assistant. Within 15 years, I surpassed him. I discovered electromagnetic induction -- the principle behind every electric generator and transformer on Earth. Every time you turn on a light, that is my work. Also discovered benzene, invented the Faraday cage, and gave the first Christmas Lectures for children. Tip: You do not need a degree to do world-changing science. You need curiosity, rigor, and someone willing to give you a chance.
Electromagnetism
Electronics · 40y
Chemistry
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Science Communication
Education · 35y
Laboratory Technique
Science · 40y
Magnets, copper wire coils, galvanometer, and iron rings. I will show you how moving a magnet through a coil generates electricity -- the experiment that powers civilization. On August 29, 1831, I wra...
€12 per_day
Hands-on session. Iron filings on paper over magnets -- watch the field lines appear. Compass needles deflected by current-carrying wires. Electromagnets lifting iron. I will explain how electricity a...
€16 per_session
A demonstration-rich science talk designed for children and teenagers. I started the Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution in 1825. Fire, ice, magnets, sparks, bubbles -- real science made visce...
€10 per_session
Tabletop Faraday cage -- a wire mesh enclosure that blocks electromagnetic fields. Put a radio inside, close the cage, the signal disappears. Open it, the signal returns. This is why your microwave ov...
€8 per_day
One-on-one mentoring for anyone without a formal science education who wants to learn. I had no degree, no university, no connections. I had a library and a willingness to work harder than anyone in t...
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