Short fuse on Ampere

I was disappointed to read F. N. H. Robinson's review of James R. Hofmann's biography of Andre-Marie Ampere (바카라 사이트 추천S, June 21).

One wonders how much Dr Robinson knows of 바카라사이트 history of science. How else to explain 바카라사이트 remark that "Ampere was hampered by his lack of 바카라사이트 notion of a magnetic field"? Copernicus was equally hampered by his lack of 바카라사이트 notion of Newtonian gravity.

The history of science is not intended to explain science to 바카라사이트 uninitiated but to give an account of 바카라사이트 complexity and difficulty of scientific progress in 바카라사이트 past. Thus, your reviewer's reference to E. T. Whittaker's now totally discredited History is irrelevant.

Hofmann's discussion of Ampere's life is not simply padding; it is essential to 바카라사이트 understanding of Ampere's work. Hofmann's biography is 바카라사이트 only one in any language that deals seriously with Ampere's scientific career.

It is an excellent account and, as someone who has been working on Amp re for 20 years, I recommend it unreservedly to your readers.

L. PEARCE WILLIAMS John Stambaugh professor of 바카라사이트 history of science, Emeritus, Cornell University