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'''Michael Faraday''' (1791 - 1867) was a famous [[English]] [[chemist]] and [[physicist]] whose discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry greatly advanced those fields of study. | '''Michael Faraday''' (1791 - 1867) was a famous [[English]] [[chemist]] and [[physicist]] whose discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry greatly advanced those fields of study. | ||
==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
| − | According to his biography, ''a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday's life and work.'' <ref name="bio">[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13117874.600-the-myth-of-michael-faraday-michael-faraday-was-not-justone-of-britains-greatest-experimenters-a-closer-look-at-the-man-and-hiswork-reveals-that-he-was-also-a-clever-theoretician-.html Biography of Michael Faraday]</ref> | + | |
| + | Farady was a devout Sandemanian Christian. Sandemanian Christianity is a [[Protestantism|Protestant]], [[Christianity|Christian]] sect that originated in [[Scotland]] in the 1730s. According to his biography, ''a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday's life and work.'' <ref name="bio">[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13117874.600-the-myth-of-michael-faraday-michael-faraday-was-not-justone-of-britains-greatest-experimenters-a-closer-look-at-the-man-and-hiswork-reveals-that-he-was-also-a-clever-theoretician-.html Biography of Michael Faraday]</ref> Faraday believed that God created the universe through laws, and therefore science was the process of discovering those laws. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[John Tyndall]] | *[[John Tyndall]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:20, December 29, 2025
Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867) was a famous English chemist and physicist whose discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry greatly advanced those fields of study.
Religion
Farady was a devout Sandemanian Christian. Sandemanian Christianity is a Protestant, Christian sect that originated in Scotland in the 1730s. According to his biography, a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday's life and work. [1] Faraday believed that God created the universe through laws, and therefore science was the process of discovering those laws.