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Did Ampère ever win the Nobel Prize?

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No, Ampère did not win a Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prizes were established in 1895, five decades after Ampère's death in 1836. Ampère's groundbreaking contributions to the field of electromagnetism, including his formulation of Ampère's law and the development of the solenoid, were recognized during his lifetime and continue to be celebrated as foundational principles of electricity and magnetism.
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