'… a thorough and scholarly biography.' David Cahan, Nature

• List of illustrations; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Coming of Age (1775–1804): 1. Idyllic youth; 2. Marriage and provincial life (1800–1804); Part II. Paris (1804–1820): 3. Laplacian physics; 4. Ampère in Paris; 5. Metaphysics: Ampère, Kant and Maine de Biran; 6. Mathematics, chemistry and physics (1804–1820); Part III. Electrodynamics: 7. Ampère's response to the discovery of electromagnetism (1820); 8. Ampère's electrodynamics (1821–1822); 9. Defence and elaboration of the theory; Part IV. Closing Years: 10. The final synopsis; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'… a thorough and scholarly biography.' David Cahan, Nature

• List of illustrations; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Coming of Age (1775–1804): 1. Idyllic youth; 2. Marriage and provincial life (1800–1804); Part II. Paris (1804–1820): 3. Laplacian physics; 4. Ampère in Paris; 5. Metaphysics: Ampère, Kant and Maine de Biran; 6. Mathematics, chemistry and physics (1804–1820); Part III. Electrodynamics: 7. Ampère's response to the discovery of electromagnetism (1820); 8. Ampère's electrodynamics (1821–1822); 9. Defence and elaboration of the theory; Part IV. Closing Years: 10. The final synopsis; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'… a thorough and scholarly biography.' David Cahan, Nature

• List of illustrations; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Coming of Age (1775–1804): 1. Idyllic youth; 2. Marriage and provincial life (1800–1804); Part II. Paris (1804–1820): 3. Laplacian physics; 4. Ampère in Paris; 5. Metaphysics: Ampère, Kant and Maine de Biran; 6. Mathematics, chemistry and physics (1804–1820); Part III. Electrodynamics: 7. Ampère's response to the discovery of electromagnetism (1820); 8. Ampère's electrodynamics (1821–1822); 9. Defence and elaboration of the theory; Part IV. Closing Years: 10. The final synopsis; Notes; Bibliography; Index.