The Mansell Collection/Art Resource, New York

(1775–1836). While Jean-Jacques Ampère was awaiting execution during the French Revolution, he wrote that his greatest expense had been for books and scientific instruments for his son, André-Marie, whom he had tutored. The investment proved to be worthwhile. André-Marie Ampère became known as the father of the theory of electromagnetism.

André-Marie Ampère was born on January 22, 1775, in the village of Polémieux, near Lyons, France. His father was a justice of the peace.…

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