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Question
What were the odds against Faraday in his childhood?
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Solution
The chances against Faraday throughout his boyhood were as follows:
- Faraday encountered numerous challenges during his childhood.
- He was born into a very poor family and lived in an unclean suburb of London.
- He had a speech defect that caused other children to mock the way he pronounced words.
- His formal education ended at the age of twelve when he had to leave school. By thirteen, he began working as a bookbinder to support himself.
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