Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta or Alessandro Volta in short was born in February 18, 1745 in Coma, Lombardy, Italy. Being raised in a poor family by his parents who were Filippo Volta and Maria Maddalena Inzaghia along with eight other sisters and brothers, Alessandro Volta was directed to be a religious person. He was sent to Jesuit school which was the most widely known religious group during the time. Although he was educated to become a Jesuit, his interest always leaned toward science. At the age of sixteen, the boy had a wide understanding of English, French, Latin and Italian; he read Dutch and Spanish fluently. It was said in "The Courtesy" by Willie Weinberg that the young Volta was fascinated by the phenomena of electricity and began to go deeply into this subject with a further approach compared to the previous scientists. His first paper was "De vi attractiva ignis electrici" which he wrote in 1769 and another one which was done by the following year. His......
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