FAQ About Alessandro Volta
What motivated Alessandro Volta to invent the voltaic pile?
Alessandro Volta was motivated to invent the voltaic pile by his curiosity and desire to understand electrical phenomena. He sought to counter the claims of Luigi Galvani, who believed that electricity was generated in animal tissue (which he termed "animal electricity"). Volta demonstrated that electricity could be generated chemically without any biological material, thereby establishing a new foundation for the study of electricity.
