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“My father... never required me to study anything, but he knew how to inspire in me a great desire for knowledge. Before learning to read, my greatest pleasure was to listen to passages from Buffon's natural history. I constantly requested him to read me the history of animals and birds.”

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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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