Forces of Matter

These lectures by a famous inventor offer an easy-to-understand introduction to the interactions of the universe's physical forces. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) delighted in introducing young minds to scientific inquiry and he geared these talks to audiences of high school age and older.<br>One of the world's greatest experimental philosophers and popularizers of science Faraday conducted the experiments that made electricity viable for technological use. In these six lectures he offers a captivating introduction to concepts related to some of his most important discoveries. Topics include gravitation cohesion chemical affinity heat magnetism and electricity.