About this book

Magneto-optics, diamagnetism and lines of force. The road to field theory.

The author

1791–1867 · British scientist

Profession: Physicist, Chemist, Professor
Worked at: Royal Institution, George Riebau
Prizes: Copley Medal (1832), Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1829), Royal Medal (1835), Rumford Medal (1846), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Fellow of the Royal Society (1824), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1832), Albert Medal (1866)

A bookbinder's apprentice who taught himself science from the books he bound.