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雖然沒有得到足夠的正式教育， [[ 法拉第是歷史上最具有影響力的科學家之一 ]] 。<ref>{{cite book| last = Hart| first = Michael H.| author-link = Michael H. Hart| year = 2000| title = The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History| publication-place = New York| publisher=[[Citadel Press]]|ref=harv| isbn = 0-89104-175-3}}</ref>實際而言，他時常被認為是科學史上最優秀的實驗家。<ref>{{Cite book| last =Russell | first = Colin | title= Michael Faraday: Physics and Faith | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | year=2000 | location=New York | url = | isbn =0-19-511763-8 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2006/10/25/gulp-ford251006.html "best [[experimentalist]] in the history of science."] Quoting Dr Peter Ford, from the [[University of Bath]]’s Department of Physics. Accessed January 2007.</ref>他詳細地研究在載流導線四周的磁場，想出了[[磁場線]]的點子，因此建立了電磁場的概念。法拉第觀察到磁場會影響[[光線]]的傳播，他找出了兩者之間的關係。<ref name="EncBrit">[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Michael_Faraday Michael Faraday] entry at the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica hosted by LovetoKnow Retrieved January 2007.</ref><ref name="IEEUK">[http://www.theiet.org/about/libarc/archives/biographies/faraday.cfm "Archives Biographies: Michael Faraday", The Institution of Engineering and Technology.]</ref>他發現了[[電磁感應]]的原理、抗磁性、[[法拉第電解定律]]。他發明了一種電磁旋轉機器，這就是今天[[電動機]]的雛型。由於法拉第的努力，電磁現象開始出現於具有實際用途的科技發展。