The Inspiring and Kind Poetry of Michael Faraday: Scientist Extraordinaire

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1. I understand that practically NO Matter and/or Energy could exist in the Universe WITHOUT Atoms and their Components.

   I am Especially interested in the Electrons. Which Branch of Science (eg: Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, etc.) is most directly related to Electrons? Personally, I think they are ALL very much Related. Even the Subject of Electric Arc Welding is very much Involved whether someone Agrees OR NOT.

2. When I was a kid, in the 1960s and 1970s, I got most of my technical info from the books of Alfred Morgan. He was always referencing Michael Faraday, in books like "A First Electrical Book for Boys", "Things a Boy can do with Electrochemistry" (renamed "Adventures in Electrochemistry"), and others. These books were written, starting in the 1930s, so fixed gender roles were parts of life, at the time. Even in the 1960s. Of course, there was this place called the library, where I could access these books, for free.

   Later, when studying engineering, our school (Cal Poly Pomona) still had a lab full of analog computers. These were well outdated, for their original intent, by the early 1980s, when I took a couple of courses that used them. We used them as "deluxe 100-in-1 electronics experiment kits" (EAI TR-10 & TR-20). It was common to wire up circuits that solved differential equations with these analog computers. Yes, you programmed an electronic analog computer, by wiring up its circuit "analog". For a differential equation, this was often a string of integrators (yes, as in integral calculus). One feeding the other. Since, differentials and integrals, are complementary functions, the input is the derivative of the output. In short, this was a great way of showing, physically, how calculus worked. The importance of the "fancy math", is really showing the concepts, instead of getting stuck on the manipulation. Unfortunately, math classes are too focused on manipulation.

3. The importance of Faraday as a science communicator is under-appreciated. His Christmas lectures for (what we now call) teenagers have been going at the Ri almost continuously for 200 years. They also are the oldest televised science programmes (first televised over 60 years ago). They captivated my interest in science as a teenager – and now my children too. And there is something deeply moving in having sat in the gallery of the Ri lecture theatre – by the clock – in the same seat that Faraday sat when (as a bookbinder’s apprentice) he attended Davey’s lectures.

4. Lovely video, Faraday was a great man!!!

5. Can’t help you with spreading on social media as I’m on none. But, thank you, because I love, love, love the brilliant quotes. I’ll watch this video more than once to drink in those timeless quotes.

6. Do you have a better explanation to the subject, How electrons flow in a circuit than Veritasium?

7. You do Faraday such honor… this is such a unique, unsurprising facet to this gentle good man. Your knowledge and research are so huge Kathy…. thank you, daily!

8. Kathy, that's an incredible video, thank you! I discovered you yesterday watching the video "How the 3rd Law of Thermodynamics Made Einstein Famous" and I am starting to write a book about the Third Law regarding these scientists and also Lewis (different interpretation but it worked something quite similar regarding thermodynamics and chemical equilibrium). Can you tell us what are your sources of quotes and history background's of Nernst used on that video? Thanks in advance, loving your work!

9. Faraday made science cool

10. Thanks for all you do Kathy. Just about done reading your book and I find mysrlf reading about 3 or 4 pages at a time both to digest all the info and to savor every bit of it. I especially love your enthusiasm and the bullet points after each chapter is such a huge blessing. Never stop!

11. You are an inspiration for me. Can’t wait to read the book

12. Hi, Do you give me the permission to translate your videos in to the language Tamil ?

13. جميل أن يذكر فاراداي العرب كحالة شاعرية .. و أنا كنت أقول و أردد دائما في نفسي : يوجد شيء ما غير مفهوم و مبهم و ربما خاطئ عندما تبدأ حصص الفيزياء بمعادلات رياضية مجردة ؟؟
    شكرا لك سيدتي و معك على طول السلسلة و أدعو لك و لأحبائك بالصحة و العافية .. وفقك الله 💙

14. Kathy, Kathy wherefore art thou?

15. Kathy – have you read "The Maniac" yet? It's a stunning quasi-fictional novel about John Von Neumann. I have few friends to recommend it to, who
    both enjoy great writing and understand modern science .

16. Hi Kathy, when can you continue to publish new interesting videos about electricity?

17. Are there words to express the gratitud and love we feel when watching your science's videos. …………….

18. Hi, Kathy. I'm your big fan from China. Can I repost your video to Chinese platform? I want more people to know these interesting stories. And Thank u for your execllent work

19. Kathy
    Thanks for these videos. I am retired now, but my love for discovery made your channel a no-brainer.
    I do not do much engineering any longer; a little domestic kind to keep me busy.

    He learned how fields behave without the math. That fact blows my mind (I am in awe of his tenacity and imagination).
    Why did I not get this fact before?

20. On your channel you provide many informative and provocative nuggets of "lost" history. Thank you.
    I find this quote from Faraday particularly intriguing: "The view which I am so bold to put forth considers, therefore, radiation as a kind of species of vibration in the lines of force which are known to connect particles and also masses of matter together. It endeavors to dismiss the aether, but not the vibration."

21. Hello Kathy. Why Gauss`s law is called with the Gauss name. Gauss worked in this areas??

22. She is absolute so great a hero of this universe! Give us more youtube links in the description about old educational scients stuff and we need the connection to modern technology like waht kind of basic science is in wifi or 5g technology. Kiss kathy

23. Here's the next big epiphany: Light = Electricity = Gravity

24. This is important, it shows how a beautiful soul of Schiller’s concept of that construct, is able to see and speak more clearly, beauty is truth kind of way. And, poetry or creative composition, has a descriptive power which is greater than the sum of the parts. Take this one more step, and 1 + 1 no longer equals 2, because the parts together change identity in the whole. This leans towards solving Russel’s Paradox, the universe is creative in this way of recombination results in not only different outputs, but hindsight gives new significance to the inputs as well.

25. Your work is very beautiful. Will be touring it for a while. Another wonderful rabbit hole is Weber and his electrodynamics. He worked with Gauss, and there is debate over how velocity and acceleration of a charge might reveal Maxwell as having over-simplified electrodynamics.

    A related puzzle is how particles are self-contained. The dielectric prosperities of space might offer a clue, that energy at very high frequencies could retract and finally at higher frequencies, where the refractive index is higher still, permanently reflect against space itself, forming a reverberating dance bubble, a particle.

    A related question becomes why atoms and particles seem to be like a perpetual motion, shy of nuclear decay and photon emission or absorption. It makes one wonder if the universe has a pump frequency way above gamma ray frequencies, just like the vibrating plate of the silicone droplet pilot wave experiments are driven by a “pump” frequency to sustain the system for long time frames. Otherwise they would wind down. Why do standing-wave atoms seem to be immune to energy losses? Are they really, or are they pumped?

    These ideas are rather outer-edge science, but that’s kinda where we need to use history to gather superior patterns of work and attitude, culture, to bring that level of work back again.

26. We miss you, Kathy

27. Where are you Kathy?

28. Your channel deserves Millions of subscribers to be honest🙏🙏

29. Kathy, you channel is too valuable from a pedagogical and epistemological point of view to leave it aside. Come back!

30. Kathy we miss you and learning from you!!! Come back soon 🙂

31. hope you are OK Kathy —- missing your deep and insightful learning videos.

32. Please come back 😢

33. thank you so much for posting, Faraday is such an inspiring person, with all the technology of today's day and age, it amazes me that few realize the significance of his contribution has made in the lives of billions that exist now and the trillions that will come in the future.

34. I've just found your channel, after listening to your conversation with podcaster Steve Silverman of the Usless information podcast. And now thanks to your YT channel I've found The Engineering Guy's Channel. Always great to find new things to love. Now I can binge your channel posts. Thanks for what you do.

35. Hi Kathy hope you're ok it looks like it's been a while since you posted a video.

36. We miss you Kathy , if your writing your next book could you give a short vid .

37. Do you have any videos on Jane Marcet?

38. You Are The Best!

39. Me alegra mucho encontrarme con tu canal. Gracias por tu trabajo.

40. You say at the end of your vids, the story continues but THEN you don't put the link.
    ^..^~~

41. Faraday and thomas young are my favorite.

42. Been a long time Kathy. We’re missing you! Hope everything is okay in Lightning land.

43. You talked me into reading Faraday's papers, thank you kindly!

44. I miss these videos and hope everything is ok! 🙂

45. Thanks a lot for such a passionate video. Could you please upload video about survey of mathematics along with works of mathematicians as you do in physics. General video on mathematics as a science tool employed by different scientists in different areas of science. Regards

46. 💙

47. I wish I had a teacher like you in my school days. Great Job Ma'am. Really admire your. Thanks a lot.

48. Kathy, when are you releasing new videos?

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