January 22nd is the birthday of the man who founded the science of electrodynamics: André-Marie Ampère, (Lyon 1775).
Ampère didn't have much in the way of formal schooling, but he was
given free rein of his father's large collection of books. Some say
that Ampère was a math genius from the time he was young, working out
complex mathematical formulas with crumbs of bread. When he was 13, he
wrote and submitted his first mathematical paper, but it was turned
down because he didn't understand the principles of calculus. He
immediately arranged to study calculus with a local monk. He loved it,
and wrote that he was "animated with a new ardor."
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