Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution (Great Discoveries)

Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution (Great Discoveries)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9780393341102
ISBN-13 : 0393341100
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Book Synopsis Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution (Great Discoveries) by : Madison Smartt Bell

Download or read book Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution (Great Discoveries) written by Madison Smartt Bell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fresh…solid…full of suspense and intrigue." —Publishers Weekly Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing an entirely new terminology, one still in use by chemists. Madison Smartt Bell’s enthralling narrative reads like a race to the finish line, as the very circumstances that enabled Lavoisier to secure his reputation as the father of modern chemistry—a considerable fortune and social connections with the likes of Benjamin Franklin—also caused his glory to be cut short by the French Revolution.


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