Michael Faraday discovered in 1831 that an electric current flowing in a wire induces a secondary current in a neighbouring wire.

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But, as James Hamilton contends in an illuminating new biography, Michael Faraday's story is not just the tale of a young man's rise through the scientific ranks.

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Only printing press inventor Johannn Gutenburg, William Shakespeare, William Caxton, who brought printing to Britain, Leonardo da Vinci, Elizabeth the First and the discoverer of electricity, Michael Faraday, were more important than one of the heroes of Welsh history.

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The Eureka moment has given way to a more gradual evolution of ideas as global teams of both scientists and engineers replace the often isolated and lucky inventions of the likes of Thomas Newcomen, James Joule and Michael Faraday, he states.

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