André-Marie Ampère

André-Marie Ampère was a French <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a> and <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> who was one of the founders of the science of <a href="/facts/Classical_electromagnetism/vK0YI6dj">classical electromagnetism</a>, which he referred to as electrodynamics. He is also the inventor of numerous applications, such as the <a href="/facts/Solenoid/4aQLSkjp">solenoid</a> (a term coined by him) and the <a href="/facts/Electrical_telegraph/yrFhbvM8">electrical telegraph</a>. As an <a href="/facts/Autodidacticism/qCKsxtdc">autodidact</a>, Ampère was a member of the <a href="/facts/French_Academy_of_Sciences/zF42DYQv">French Academy of Sciences</a> and professor at the <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589cole_polytechnique/0DS7aMaR">École polytechnique</a> and the <a href="/facts/Coll%25C3%25A8ge_de_France/zDuHr8f1">Collège de France</a>.
The <a href="/facts/International_System_of_Units/S7YLglNz">SI</a> unit of <a href="/facts/Electric_current/Dc1xdnUX">electric current</a>, the <a href="/facts/Ampere/MScqkCgz">ampere</a> (A), is named after him. His name is also one of the <a href="/facts/List_of_the_72_names_on_the_Eiffel_Tower/emqvstKR">72 names inscribed</a> on the <a href="/facts/Eiffel_Tower/IptQeofK">Eiffel Tower</a>. The term kinematic is the English version of his cinématique, which he constructed from the <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_language/LIK7NlUh">Greek</a> κίνημα kinema ("movement, motion"), itself derived from κινεῖν kinein ("to move").

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André-Marie Ampère