Felix Savart

Felix Savart was a French physicist known for his contributions to magnetostatics, which studies magnetic fields produced by electric currents. He is best known for the "Biot-Savart Law," which describes how moving electric charges create magnetic fields. This law calculates the magnetic field generated at a point in space due to a small segment of current-carrying wire. It highlights that the magnetic field's strength and direction depend on the current, the distance from the wire, and the angle at which you're observing it. His work laid foundational principles for understanding electromagnetism and its applications.