PBS | Einstein's Big Idea | Michael Faraday - Part 2

[Wildfox01]

The British class system has always been a big hindrance even to this day. From a humble blacksmith boy to a lab assistant was a remarkable achievement in it's own right, but to revolutionise electricity on a gigantic scale against all the odds, it has to be one of the best stories in the name of science!

[wasipungito]

@wspol624 Indeed, his work on Electromagnetism was scintillating, I would have loved to be his assistant, to watch such a man in his work of brilliancy. Cheers

[wasipungito]

@wspol624 He was born 1774 if I'm correct? (not calculating it from your previous statement {he was only 9 yrs old at the turn of the 19th century}). He didn't show signs of true genius when he was 9, but later then, when he was a young man working for the bookbinder did he find out what his true specialty was. And thank you for your correction, I am commonly confused with the term "century" as it tends to mean the current century. Ex; 18th century = 1800's. When really it is 18th century = 1700

[1973Drummer]

The real inventor of the electric guitar!

[wasipungito]

Michael Faraday was one of the greatest minds of the 18th century.

[aknutson11]

"...died from laughing gas" BEST ENDING EVER! HAHA

[simpsonfan13]

@aknutson11 +1

why so.......

happy?

[KezzaQB]

more! I want more!

Brilliant work!

If it werent for Farady I would be studying something like accounting! EWW!

[frantic1971]

Amazing! Thanks for posting!

Faraday was honored by having the Farad--a unit of electrical capacitance--named after him.

[PotterNextChapter]

You 're welcome. I will be posting more videos like this.