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French Language Culture A4

 

Andre-Marie Ampère

 

 

 

 

Pays/Ville:

I was born in Lyon, France

 

Details Personnels:

After I learned to read, I quickly became interested in mathematics, especially geometry. However my father's library soon did not have books about this topic which were challenging for me so my father had to go to the library of Lyon to get some more challenging books. I also started to learn latin quickly and was thinking about a universal language. In the early 19th century I started to teach as a professor at avariety of universities. In 1820 I dicovered that two wires with a current running in the same direction attract each other like magnets. I published my probably most famous book in 1827, Theory of Electrodynamic Phenomena. In 1836 I died in Marseille because of a sickness which weakend my physical conditions.

 

Date de Naissance:

I was born on January 22, 1775 in Lyon, France.

 

Date de Mort:

On June 10, 1836 I died in Marseille.

 

Sexe:

Male

 

 

 

 

Situation de Famille:

I was born as the son of Jean Jacques Ampère, a well-to-do merchant.

In 1799 I married Julie Carron.

 

Enfants:

In 1800 my son Jean-Jacque was born.

 

En Cherchant:

Study the relationship of electricity and magnetism.

 

Metier:

I was a Scientist in many areas: Physicis, Chemistry, Mathematics and Astronomy

 

Interets/Loisirs:

• Physics, Chemistry and other Sciences
• electrodynamics
• Magnets and electricity
• Problems relating gases, optics and geometry

 

Accomplissements:

• I came up with the idea that the flow of electric current can be measured by placing a magnetic needle close to an electric current and measuring the deflection of the needle on a graduated scale
• I also discovered that two wires will attract each other when electricity will flow through them
• I came up with Avogadro's number, regarding the molecular makeup of gases
• I published The Theory of Electrodynamic Phenomena in 1827, a book about mathematic formulations of electromagnetism

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Education:

• My father taught me how to read and I learned how to speak latin and do mathematics as well

 

Personnage que je voudrais rencontrer et pourquoi:

Leonhard Euler because he wrote one of the first book about matematics and geometry from which I studied and learned a lot.

Daniel Bernoulli he also wrote one of the first books from which I studied mathematics. 

 

Amis:

• Dominique-Françios Arago

 

Mon Influence sur la Culture Francaise

 

     Throughout my life I have achieved many new insights into different sciences, such as physics, chemistry, astrology and also mathematics. My main achievement was the connection between magnetism and electricity which also made my last name"ampere" be used for the unit used to measure electric current (short amp, symbol: A). My experiments have been a major addition to the knowledge about electricity and other scientific problems and important ideas.

     To find out about magnetism and how it relates to electricity I conducted an experiment. In my experiment I used two wires which had an electric current running through them and placed a magnetised needle next to it. The needle was deflected and from this I concluded that the two wires with the electric current running through them must have created a electromagnetic field. Next I used a graduated scale and measured the amount of electricity running through the wires by placing the needle over the scale. In another experiment I found that two wires which have an electric current running throught them in the same direction will attract each other, like two magnets, while two wires with the current running in opposite directions will repel each other.

     My findings about scientific ideas and problems have greatly contributed to French culture. They shed light on ideas regarding electricity, magnetism and other hypothesis made by scientist such as Hans Christian Oersted and Benjamin Franklin. I helped the French society get in front of other nations such as Britain and other powers, knowledgewise by finding out things about electricty and magnetism which are still widely used in todays world in amny scientific areas.

 

 

Resources: 

 

"André Marie Ampère." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.

     Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009.      

     <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/>.

 

"André Marie Ampère." World of Physics. Online. Thomson Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource      Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/>. 

 

"André Marie Ampère." World of Scientific Discovery. Online. Thomson Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography      Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/>.