Michael Faraday: The Bookbinder Who Lit the World
By Jamie Glick
Length13h 14m
About this audiobook
He sewed book bindings by day and read the books by night — and the reading remade the world. A blacksmith's son with almost no schooling, Michael Faraday talked his way into a laboratory job, then found the principle that turns motion into electricity and electricity into motion: the secret inside every motor, generator, and power station on Earth. This is the story of the bookbinder's apprentice who refused every honor England offered — and lit the modern world anyway.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length13 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Chapter 1: The Bookbinder's Boy (1791–1812)
22. Chapter 2: The Assistant (1812–1821)
33. Chapter 3: Rotation (1821–1831)
44. Chapter 4: Induction (1831–1832)
55. Chapter 5: The Laws of the Ions (1832–1839)
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66. Chapter 6: Lines of Force (1840–1846)
77. Chapter 7: The Philosopher's Faith (1847–1855)
88. Chapter 8: The Last Experiments (1855–1862)
99. Chapter 9: The Quiet End (1862–1867)
1010. Chapter 10: The Current That Never Stopped (1867–Today)
1111. Special Note
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