'Provides fascinating and important insights into the complex interplay of the personal, the political, the philosophical and the practical in the making of an individual's scientific life.'
-- The British Journal for the History of Science, Vol.42, No.2
'This collection is a major primary source for the historian, while the more casual reader will find much here that sheds interesting light on Faraday and his science'
-- Professor Geoffrey Cantor IEE Review
'One of the most important publishing ventures in the history of science in recent years'
-- Professor Robert Fox The Times Higher Education Supplement