William Gilbert
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William Gilbert was an English physician and scientist from the 1500s who studied how the physical world works. He is remembered as an important early modern thinker who helped establish the experimental approach to understanding nature that became central to science.
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William Gilbert (/ˈɡɪlbərt/; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600).
A unit of magnetomotive force, also known as magnetic potential, was named the Gilbert in his honour; it has now been superseded by the Ampere-turn.
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