André-Marie Ampère quotes

André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician, renowned as one of the founders of the science of electromagnetism. His pioneering research laid the groundwork for the study of electrodynamics, and the unit of electric current, the ampere, is named in his honor. He made lasting contributions that shaped modern physics and technology. Here are 3 of his quotes:

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.

André-Marie Ampère

Listen to learned men, but do so only with one ear !... Let the other be always ready to receive the sweet accents of the voice of your heavenly Friend!

André-Marie Ampère