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Michael Faraday: the road from the bookstore to the discovery of electromagnetic induction

The study of Michael Faraday's experimental research on electromagnetism developed in the early 19th century provides several components which could be used in Science Teaching. A historical knowledge of the experimental work that led Faraday to the discovery of electromagnetic induction may convey to students a more adequate process of the development of science. However, this can only be done by the use of a detailed and well grounded study of the historical process, leaving aside the naïve simplifications and the myths that are usually told.

Michael Faraday; myths; Science Teaching; History of Physics; electromagnetism


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