Number 49 (Story #4), September 26, 1991 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein MICHAEL FARADAY , the discoverer of electromagnetic induction, paramagnetism, and diamagnetism, and the man who first plowed the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry, was born 200 years ago on September 22. His anniversary is being celebrated at numerous meetings in Britain, the U.S., and elsewhere. (Chemical and Engineering News, 23 Sept. 1991)