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“Either one or the other [analysis or synthesis] may be direct or indirect. The direct procedure is when the point of departure is known-direct synthesis in the elements of geometry. By combining at random simple truths with each other, more complicated ones are deduced from them. This is the method of discovery, the special method of inventions, contrary to popular opinion.”

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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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