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Michael Faraday was a 18th-century English chemist and physicist. Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and electrolysis. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Education — The importance of teaching, learning, and intellectual curiosity
  • Patience — The virtue of waiting, endurance, and quiet strength
  • Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality

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“It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.”
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