Atdtda[4]: Summary 97 - 99.15
Bryan Snyder
wilsonistrey at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 23:11:38 CST 2007
That's really really cool. Thanks.
On 3/6/07, David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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