Telling lives in science: The scientist as hero: public images of Michael Faraday

@inproceedings{Cantor1996TellingLI,
  title={Telling lives in science: The scientist as hero: public images of Michael Faraday},
  author={Geoffrey Cantor},
  year={1996}
}
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