Lavoisier: Chemist, Biologist, Economist by Jean-Pierre Poirier

Lavoisier: Chemist, Biologist, Economist

Chemical Sciences in Society

Jean-Pierre Poirier with Rebecca Balinski (Translator)

544 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

On the day following the guillotining of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange lamented the loss of the man commonly considered the father of modern chemistry. "It took them only an instant to cut off that head," he said, ...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...