We note your comment about Colin Russell’s lecture. His (largely
throwaway) comment was based on a clear assertion by Joseph Agassi in
his /Faraday/ /as a/ /Natural Philosopher/, University of Chicago Press,
1971, page ix.
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Frank James wrote:
> In his seminar on 28 February 2006 to the Faraday Institute for Science
> and Religion, which can be downloaded from their website, Colin Russell
> asserted that more books had been written about Faraday than about
> Newton or Einstein. A quick check of the BL and Wellcome catalogues does
> not support this, but does anyone know what the basis of this assertion
> might be?
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