Andre-Marie Ampere (20 January 1775 to 10 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics.
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Oersted's 1820 discovery that an electric current deflects a compass needle directly anticipated Ampere's mathematical formulation of electrodynamics later the same year.
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André-Marie Ampère (20 January 1775-10 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics.
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Born: 1775-01-20
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Born: 1775-01-20
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Died: 1836-06-10
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Died: 1836-06-10
- Namesake Of: Ampere
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