magnetic force that could move a compass, perhaps two wires with current would also interact. After many inventive experiments, his work would culminate in 1827 with his treatise ‘Mathematical Theory Of Electrodynamic Phenomena, Uniquely Derived From Experiments,’ formally tying electricity and magnetism together into the new study of electrodynamics. Happy at last While 1827 marked the pinnacle of his illustrious career, Ampère continued his teaching and pursued further studies in physics and chemistry. For the remaining years of his life, he devoted considerable time to reflecting on philosophy and religion.
Later career (1820 – 1836) Meeting Hans Christian Oested When he could muster the energy, he would attend conferences and lectures. In 1820, Danish scientist Hans Christen Ørsted gave a demonstration of a new phenomenon he had discovered. He found that whenever an electric current in a wire was switched on, he could affect a compass by moving the wire near it. He spent months trying to explain the science behind this interaction but could not. Unknown discovery Excited by the challenge of new discovery, Ampère took it upon himself to solve it. He conjectured that if current in a wire created a
“Doubt is the greatest torture man can endure on earth" - Andre-Marie Ampère
In 1834 he coined the term ‘cybernetics’ (cybernetique),
originally referring to the science of government and the regulation of society. The term was later adopted by scientist Norbert Weiner. Weiner’s cybernetics explored how systems, whether social or mechanical, can use closed- loop feedback and information to regulate themselves to find homeostasis.
An Older Ampère
'It is perfect in form, and unassailable in accuracy, and it is summed up in a formula from which all the phenomena may be deduced, and which must always remain the cardinal formula of electro-dynamics.’ – James Clerk Maxwell concerning the 'Mathematical Theory Of Electrodynamic Phenomena.’
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