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[David Casseres]

On 3/6/07, Michel <mryc2903 at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
> The wiki page on Faraday says he was not very good in math:
>
> from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday
>
> "Despite his excellence as an experimentalist, his mathematical ability
> did not extend so far as trigonometry or any but the simplest algebra.
> However, his experimental work was consolidated by the able James Clerk
> Maxwell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell>, who
> developed his equations which lie at the base of all modern theories of
> electromagnetic phenomena. Faraday, nevertheless, was able to convey his
> ideas in clear and simple language."...


Technical writers study and admire his explanation of the candle flame:

http://www.interactives.co.uk/candle.htm
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