Who can forget the iconic footballer David Beckham zooming up the River Thames in a speedboat carrying the Olympic torch? This would not have been possible during the 1850s when the river used to stink primarily due to human contamination. A letter written by the eminent scientist Michael Faraday regarding his travel by boat along …
The scientists whom Einstein greatly admired
Albert Einstein used to keep portraits of three scientists: Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell in his study. Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, and someone who is considered as one of the most influential scientists of all times. By way of the formulation of the laws of motion and universal …