which important discovery was made by H.C oersted
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Hans Christian Ørsted, Ørsted also spelled Oersted, (born August 14, 1777, Rudkøbing, Denmark—died March 9, 1851, Copenhagen), Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric current in a wire can deflect a magnetized compass needle, a phenomenon the importance of which was rapidly recognized and which ...
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Hans Christian Oersted began a new scientific epoch when he discovered that electricity and magnetism are linked. He showed by experiment that an electric current flowing through a wire could move a nearby magnet. The discovery of electromagnetism set the stage for the eventual development of our modern technology-based world. Oersted also discovered the chemical compound piperine and achieved the first isolation of the element aluminum.
Hans Christian Oersted (Ørsted in Danish) was born in the small town of Rudkøbing on the island of Langeland, Denmark, on August 14, 1777. His father was Soeren Christian Oersted, a pharmacist, and his mother was Karen Hermandsen.
Hans and his younger brother Anders were educated through a combination of home schooling and private tutors – a German wigmaker taught the brothers to speak fluent German. Anders became Denmark’s Prime Minister.
At age 12, Hans started helping in his father’s pharmacy and became interested in chemistry.
At age 16, he passed the University of Copenhagen’s entrance exam.
At age 19, in 1796, he graduated with a degree in pharmacology.
At age 22, in 1799, he graduated with a Ph.D. Today most awards of Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) are not made for researching philosophy, but Hans Christian Oersted’s was – Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of nature. As we’ll see, this helped shape his view of the world.