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by Michael Faraday (Author), William Crookes (Editor) "I purpose, in return for the honor you do us by coming to see what are our proceedings here, to bring before you, in the..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Dodo Press (17 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1406500747
  • ISBN-13: 978-1406500745
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.8 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 674,185 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Large Format for easy reading. Candles are used as the theme for a series of lectures given to children at the Royal Institute in London, the first of the 'Christmas Lectures' from one of the great scientists in history.

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5.0 out of 5 stars You could not hold a candle to this book., 5 Aug 2004
By Mr. David Edwards "gammacenturi" (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This book should be a compulsory read for all budding scientists of all disciplines. You will ask yourself on reading it how could this scientist [Faraday] obtain so much information from such a simple subject as a candle with the crude apparatus available in the 1850's. His enthusiasm shines throughout the whole book. You will learn a great deal and my be inspired - because of the simplicity involved - to make your own experiments in your own field. What he discovered and reported from the simple igniting of a candle is spellbinding.

Finally towards the end of the book you will be amazed at the similarity of our bodies and a candle! Well I was and after 50 years in science that is some achievement. I wish I'd read it at the start of my career.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The chemical history of a candle, 30 April 2009
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This is a fascinating publication. It feels strangely modern. His enthusiasm is boundless. I am so glad to have read it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars On The Shoulders Of Giants, 20 Jan 2009
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Everyone can read it.

It is written in exquisite prose, simple and straightforward. Everything is explained for everybody to understand.

Everyone should read it.

Learning about the world can be pure pleasure. One can look into far distances from so high up as Faraday takes us.

He takes a simple (?) candle and explains the world. Not quite everything, but an amazing number of facts and causes.

I wish I had a little part of his genius in thinking and explaining.
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