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20a. Genius Explained [Darwin, Stephenson & Faraday] by Michael Howe

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Faraday and Humphrey Davy

Faraday went to some lectures of Humphrey Davy as I say his mentor or his boss actually George Rea about got him tickets to see Humphrey Davi. because then he would have the time and energy to spend on his studies unfortunately Faraday didn't have that option. for this post he got a guinea a week which is just over one pound but he also got a room at the institution and fuel and candles. Most importantly he also got the privilege of using the institution's apparatus for his own research. by 1815 three years later he got a promotion and started publishing scientific papers so by 1815 he would have had 10 or 11 years of time when he would have been

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