A throwaway comment with a reference is an interesting idea. I am not
sure that a text published in 1971 is that helpful when commenting on
the present situation as I presume Professor Russell was.
Presumably other throwaway lines in Professor Russell's seminar included
the suggestion that Faraday retired (which he did not), that he did not
comment on evolution (he did and was against) or that his memo on matter
and natural theology was written for himself only (it wasn't since it
was discussed by Thomas Mayo) and so on.
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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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> London,
> W1S 4BS,
> England.
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