Ampère and Jeanne Antoinette Desutières-Sarcey Ampère in Lyon, France. Growing up Ampère did not receive a formal education like his peers. André’s father subscribed to the philosophy of
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “[a] system of education was based on the goal of moving societies back into the idealized natural state (Philadelphia).” Which meant that a child should learn from nature around them and not be corrupted by society. With Jean-Jacques guiding André’s education, he had full access to his father’s extensive library. The subjects that André took interest in were mathematics and geometry, which Jean-Jacque’s library had few of. This small hurdle offered an …show more content…
By 1820 Ampère was made aware of a discovery that would capture his attention, and also lead to one of his most notable accomplishments. At a demonstration at the French
Academy of Sciences Ampère and his collogues were apprised of a discovery by Hans Christiaan
Orsted, a Danish physicist’s, “that a magnetic needle is deflected by an adjacent electric current (J.B.Shank).” This sparked Ampère’s research into the relationship between electricity and magnetism. During Ampère’s further investigation into Hans Orsted’s discovery, he “quickly discovered that the needle of a small compass maps out a series of concentric circular loops in the plane perpendicular to a current carrying wire. The direction of circulation around these magnetic loops is conventionally taken to be the direction in which the North pole of the compass needle points (Fitzpatrick).” Which proved that a wire with current was producing a magnetic field. Which lead to the right hand rule that states using your thumb to point in the direction of the wire you fingers bend in the direction of the magnetic loops. With this Ampère started his own experiments into the electromagnetic relationship between currents in wires. …show more content…
The typical galvanometer is a sensitive laboratory instrument used mainly to detect and compare currents (How Stuff Works).” By the year 1826 Ampère was appointed a position at the Collegen de France, where he was able to teach on whatever subjects he desired.
André Ampère passed away on 10 of June 1836 but before he died he requested the inscription on his tombstone: “Tandem Felix (Happy at Last) (10-funfactsabout.com).” Ampère’s work afforded him high honors as “He was elected a Foreign Member of the
Royal Society in 1827 and in 1828 was appointed a foreign member of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Science (People).” In 1881 at the international convention ampere was established as a standard of electrical measurement for electric current. His name also appears on the Eiffel Tower, along with 71 one other French scientist. Ampère’s name appears on the North West side which is known as the (Trocadero) side. Ampère’s discoveries are still relevant today and are used as foundation in electrodynamics