Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein

尘封笔记揭秘维多利亚时代的科学天才，爱因斯坦曾受其启迪

Michael Faraday's illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London's Royal Institution to go online

由伦敦皇家科学院珍藏的迈克尔·法拉第的笔记即将全网公开，这些配有插图的手稿揭示了这位非凡科学家的理论研究之路

He was a self-educated genius whose groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of physics and chemistry electrified the world of science and laid the foundations for Albert Einstein's theory of relativity nearly a century later.

他是一位自学成才的天才，他在物理和化学领域的突破性发现不但震撼了整个科学界，而且为近一个世纪后阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦提出相对论奠定了基础。

Now, the little-known notebooks of the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday have been unearthed from the archive of the Royal Institution and are to be digitised and made permanently accessible online for the first time.

近日，英国皇家科学院档案馆公开了一批鲜为人知的藏品——维多利亚时代的科学家迈克尔·法拉第的笔记。这些笔记将首次进行数字化处理，并永久在线开放以供查阅。

The notebooks include Faraday's handwritten notes on a series of lectures given by the electrochemical pioneer Sir Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution in 1812. “None of these notebooks have been looked at or analysed in any great depth,” said Charlotte New, head of heritage for the Royal Institution. “They're little known to the public.”

1812年，法拉第在皇家科学院参加电化学先驱汉弗莱·戴维爵士所做的一系列讲座时所做的笔记亦包含在内。“这些笔记还没有被深入地研究或分析过，”皇家科学院文化遗产负责人夏洛特·纽表示。“公众对它们知之甚少”。

Faraday, the son of a blacksmith, left school at 13 and was working as an apprentice bookbinder when he attended the lectures.