Reviews for The Life and Scientific Legacy of George Porter

The average rating for The Life and Scientific Legacy of George Porter based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-04 00:00:00 Jesse Zacson Unless someone is really interested in the archaic as well as in a very detailed description of experiments in electromagnetism I would not recommend them reading this book. It does have a historic value of course, being what Tyndall a distinguished scientist in his own right and a good friend and young colleague (as well as successor) of Faraday wrote about him. Most of what's written is factual, dry and scientific though, and does not give the "Big Picture", which is fully excused if we acknowledge the fact that it was written just one year after the death of Faraday, where the people of that picture were still alive and portraying it. So if someone is interested to know in earnest about Faraday and his times a more modern biography is my recommendation, such as The Electric Life of Michael Faraday.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-03-31 00:00:00 Richard Hoodenpyle The Sage and What He Held Dear Faraday was a gift to humanity. Few people excel as scientific philosophers, and as human beings with a heart in the right place. John Tyndall, a fellow scientist and close friend, was best position to tell us how these two sides of his character came to be. Tyndall'a excellent story teller, and holding dear comparable values'delights the reader!