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The supreme experimenter

David Baker describes the optical experiments of Michael Faraday that led to his discovery of the magneto-optical or Faraday effect

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Michael Faraday (1791-1867) must be considered the pre-eminent name in the fields of electrical and magnetic research.

His importance as an experimental scientist in these subjects is reflected in the fact that he is the only scientist to have been honoured with two SI units of measurement being named after him (the Faraday and the Farad). But, almost overshadowed by his seminal work on electromagnetism, are his lesser-known yet nevertheless important contributions to experimental and theoretical optics.

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