of Ampère's work, see the Revue générale de l'électricité, 12 (1922), supplement. The
entire issue is devoted to Ampère's work. For an interesting account of Ampère's early career, see
Louis Mallez, A.-M. Ampère, professeur à Bourg, membre de la Société d'Emulation de l'Ain,
d'après des documents inédits (Lyon, 1936).
For various aspects of Ampère's career, see Borislav Lorenz, Die Philosophie André-Marie
Ampères (Berlin, 1908) ; et Maurice Lewandowski, André-Marie Ampère. La science et la
foi (Paris, 1936). The Bulletin de la Société des Amis d'Ampère, which appears
irregularly, contains much Ampère lore. Two interesting sketches of Ampère are Henry James, "Les
deux Ampères", in French Poets and Novelists (Londres, 1878), and C. A. Sainte-Beuve, "M.
Ampère", in Portraits littéraires, 3 vol. (Paris, 1862), I.
A discussion of Ampère's electrodynamic molecule is to be found in L. Pearce Williams, "Ampère's
Electrodynamic Molecular Model," in Contemporary Physics, 4 (1962), 113 ff. For Ampère's
relations with England. see K. R. and D. L. Gardiner, "André-Marie Ampère and His English
Acquaintances," in The British Journal for the history of science, 2 (1965), 235 ff.
L. PEARCE WILLIAMS
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