Developments in physics thumb| right | Alessandro Volta demonstrates the first electrical cell to Napoleon in 1801. In physics, the behavior of electricity and magnetism was studied by Giovanni Aldini, Alessandro Volta, Michael Faraday, Georg Ohm, and others. The experiments, theories and discoveries of Michael Faraday, Andre-Marie Ampere, James Clerk Maxwell, and their contemporaries led to the unification of the two phenomena into a single theory of electromagnetism as described by Maxwell's equations. Thermodynamics led to an understanding of heat and the notion of energy being defined.
Developments in physics thumb| right | Alessandro Volta demonstrates the first electrical cell to Napoleon in 1801 In physics the behavior of electricity and magnetism was studied by Giovanni Aldini Alessandro Volta Michael Faraday Georg Ohm and others The experiments theories and discoveries of Michael Faraday Andre-Marie Ampere James Clerk Maxwell and their contemporaries led to the unification of the two phenomena into a single theory of electromagnetism as described by Maxwell's equations Thermodynamics led to an understanding of heat and the notion of energy being defined