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Little Electric Tales
Culture · Saturday, December 12 · 15:00 · Paris
Bibliothèque Mohammed Arkoun, 74 rue Mouffetard
Free
Over 2,500 years ago, the ancient Greeks discovered electrification by rubbing amber. Time passed. The 17th century, with its frictional electrostatic machines, was the prehistoric era of electricity, which became fashionable in the following century. Encouraged by Jean Antoine Nollet, an abbot and physicist, blond marquises had themselves electrified. Then, after Galvani’s frogs, came the direct current from Volta’s pile. Electric science then progressed with Ørsted, Ampère, …
