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“There is synthesis when, in combining therein judgments that are made known to us from simpler relations, one deduces judgments from them relative to more complicated relations. There is analysis when from a complicated truth one deduces more simple truths.”

Quote by Andre-Marie Ampere

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Andre-Marie Ampere

Andre-Marie Ampere was a French physicist born on January 20, 1775, in Bordeaux, and died on June 10, 1836. He is renowned for his contributions to the field of electromagnetism and is considered one of the founders of electromagnetism. more

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