Making Sense of the World

摘要

In 1831, Michael Faraday discovered magnetic induction, where a magnet moving in a coil of wire produces an electric current. Faraday's insight eventually led to both electric power generators and motors. When viewed through the lens of our secular age, the relationship between electricity and magnetism seems devoid of metaphysical speculation and religious sentiment: scientific discovery proceeds through data and empiricism alone. Luckily for us, Michael Faraday didn't view the world in such simplistic terms. His Christian faith was at the center of everything he did, including his science. Rather than impeding his science, a profound religious sentiment enhanced it.