Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution (Great Discoveries) | Madison Smartt Bell
�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.
(less)�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
(…more)