
The SciencesJanuary 1, 1989
André-Marie Ampère
The first investigator to quantify the magnetic effects of electric current, Ampere was also a pioneer in the philosophy of science. His philosophy shaped his method of scientific discovery

André-Marie Ampère
The first investigator to quantify the magnetic effects of electric current, Ampere was also a pioneer in the philosophy of science. His philosophy shaped his method of scientific discovery

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The rise and decline of Sir Humphry Davy

Humphry Davy
Widely known as the inventor of the safety lamp, he also founded modern electrochemistry, tutored Faraday and discovered sodium, potassium, calcium, barium, magnesium, strontium and chlorine