Cultural Literacy Leads to Michael Faraday!
Back in 1987, E.D. Hirsch, Jr. wrote a book wtitled Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know. The premise of the book there are core things that all Americans should have knowledge of to be culturally literate. Now I’m sure many things that could be added to the book if the book were updated today. But there are still a lot that we should all know about. I found my copy of the book today. I’ve thought before about using the items listed in the alAppendix of the book as a basis for posts. So here’s what I’d like to do. once a week or so I’ll pick a random letter. Then I’ll look through the list of things beginning with that letter. I’ll pick something I’d like to explore or think we need to know more about and write a post about it. Cultural Literacy the Letter F Today’s letter is F. On my first review of the list, the first thing, actually the first person who caught my attention was Michael Faraday. I certainly remember Faraday was a scientist. However, beyond that I’m not sure of much more. Here’s what I found about Faraday at Wikipedia. Michael Faraday Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Although Faraday received little formal education, he was one of the most influential scientists in history.[1]…
