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Lavoisier—the Crucial Year

Author : Henry Guerlac
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501746642
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Lavoisier—the Crucial Year written by Henry Guerlac and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explores the origins of the eighteenth-century chemical revolution as it centers on Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier's earliest work on combustion. He shows that the main lines of Lavoisier's theory—including his theory of a heat-fluid, caloric—were elaborated well before his discovery of the role played by oxygen. Contrary to the opinion prevailing at that time, Lavoisier suspected, and demonstrated by experiment, that common air, or some portion of it, combines with substances when they are burned. Professor Guerlac examines critically the theories of other historians of science concerning these first experiments, and tries to unravel the influences which French, German, and British chemists may have had on Lavoisier. He has made use of newly discovered material on this phase of Lavoisier's career, and includes an appendix in which the essential documents are printed together for the first time.

Lavoisier, the Crucial Year

Author : Henry Guerlac
Publisher : Gordon & Breach Science Pub
ISBN 13 : 9782881244049
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Lavoisier, the Crucial Year written by Henry Guerlac and published by Gordon & Breach Science Pub. This book was released on 1990 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Henry Guerlac's book, we knew little about the reasons that led the great chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier to discover the role of air in combustion. Henry Guerlac finds that this breakthrough that began the Chemical Revolution did not come "ex nihilo," as many historians claim. Rather, it marked the culmination of research by British and French chemists, radically refashioned by Lavoisier and his disciples. Henry Guerlac portrays Lavoisier integrating Continental and British chemical traditions. Like New ton in physics and Darwin in biology, Lavoisier was a revolutionary. This work presents his in a vigorous and innovative light.

Antoine Lavoisier, the Next Crucial Year, Or The Sources of His Quantitative Method in Chemistry

Author : Frederic Lawrence Holmes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691016870
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (168 download)

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Book Synopsis Antoine Lavoisier, the Next Crucial Year, Or The Sources of His Quantitative Method in Chemistry by : Frederic Lawrence Holmes

Download or read book Antoine Lavoisier, the Next Crucial Year, Or The Sources of His Quantitative Method in Chemistry written by Frederic Lawrence Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1998-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through his development of quantitative experimental methods, the chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) implemented a principle that many regard as the cornerstone of modern science: in every operation there is an equal quantity of material before and after the operation. The origin of Lavoisier's methods, however, has remained a missing piece in this remarkable episode of scientific history, perhaps because the talented young scientist himself was not prepared for the journey his discoveries would set before him. In this book, Frederic Holmes suggests that Lavoisier gradually came to understand the nature and power of his quantitative method during the year 1773, when he began to carry out a research program on the fixation and release of airs. Drawing upon Lavoisier's surviving laboratory notebooks, Holmes presents an engaging portrait of a scientist still seeking the way that would lead him to become the leader of one of the great upheavals in the history of science. Holmes follows Lavoisier day-by-day at work in his laboratory over a course of several months. The scientist's resourcefulness and imagination spring to life in this account, as does his propensity to make mistakes, which taught him as much as his successes. During the course of this odyssey, Lavoisier saw his early theory of combustion collapse under the weight of his own efforts to provide experimental evidence to support it. In compensation, he acquired a method and the hard-won experience on which he would later construct a more enduring theoretical structure. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Lavoisier - the Crucial Year

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (637 download)

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Antoine Lavoisier: The Next Crucial Year

Author : Frederic Lawrence Holmes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400864658
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Antoine Lavoisier: The Next Crucial Year by : Frederic Lawrence Holmes

Download or read book Antoine Lavoisier: The Next Crucial Year written by Frederic Lawrence Holmes and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through his development of quantitative experimental methods, the chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) implemented a principle that many regard as the cornerstone of modern science: in every operation there is an equal quantity of material before and after the operation. The origin of Lavoisier's methods, however, has remained a missing piece in this remarkable episode of scientific history, perhaps because the talented young scientist himself was not prepared for the journey his discoveries would set before him. In this book, Frederic Holmes suggests that Lavoisier gradually came to understand the nature and power of his quantitative method during the year 1773, when he began to carry out a research program on the fixation and release of airs. Drawing upon Lavoisier's surviving laboratory notebooks, Holmes presents an engaging portrait of a scientist still seeking the way that would lead him to become the leader of one of the great upheavals in the history of science. Holmes follows Lavoisier day-by-day at work in his laboratory over a course of several months. The scientist's resourcefulness and imagination spring to life in this account, as does his propensity to make mistakes, which taught him as much as his successes. During the course of this odyssey, Lavoisier saw his early theory of combustion collapse under the weight of his own efforts to provide experimental evidence to support it. In compensation, he acquired a method and the hard-won experience on which he would later construct a more enduring theoretical structure. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Elements: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192840991
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book The Elements: A Very Short Introduction written by Philip Ball and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author takes the reader on an engaging and entertaining tour: from the Greek philosophers who propounded a system with four elements - earth, air, fire, and water - to the modern-day scientists who are able to create their own.

Lavoisier in the Year One

Author : Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393051551
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Lavoisier in the Year One written by Madison Smartt Bell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antoine Lavoisier-who lived at the zenith of the Enlightenment and died at the hands of the Revolution-was himself a revolutionary.

The Discovery of Oxygen

Author : Joseph Priestley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of Oxygen written by Joseph Priestley and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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

Author : Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393341100
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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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.

Antoine Lavoisier

Author : Arthur Donovan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521566728
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Antoine Lavoisier written by Arthur Donovan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-11 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive account illuminating Lavoisier's role in the rise of modern chemistry and the French Revolution.

Philosophy of Chemistry

Author : Andrea Woody
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0444516751
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Chemistry written by Andrea Woody and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy of Chemistry investigates the foundational concepts and methods of chemistry, the science of the nature of substances and their transformations. This groundbreaking collection, the most thorough treatment of the philosophy of chemistry ever published, brings together philosophers, scientists and historians to map out the central topics in the field. The 33 articles address the history of the philosophy of chemistry and the philosophical importance of some central figures in the history of chemistry; the nature of chemical substances; central chemical concepts and methods, including the chemical bond, the periodic table and reaction mechanisms; and chemistry's relationship to other disciplines such as physics, molecular biology, pharmacy and chemical engineering. This volume serves as a detailed introduction for those new to the field as well as a rich source of new insights and potential research agendas for those already engaged with the philosophy of chemistry. Provides a bridge between philosophy and current scientific findings Encourages multi-disciplinary dialogue Covers theory and applications

Lavoisier and the Chemistry of Life

Author : Frederic Lawrence Holmes
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299099848
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Lavoisier and the Chemistry of Life written by Frederic Lawrence Holmes and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on Lavoisier's daily laboratory records, unpublished notes, and successive drafts of articles, Holmes explores the interaction between this creative scientist's theories and practice, the experimental problems he encountered and his response to them, the apparently intuitive understanding that guided his choice of experiments, and the gradual refinement of his hypotheses. This thorough and comprehensive exposition of Lavoisier's scientific style forms the basis for general reflections on the nature of creative scientific imagination that will interest historians of science and biology, philosophers of science, cognitive psychologists, and all who are intrigued by the drama of pioneering scientific discovery.

Chemistry, Pharmacy and Revolution in France, 1777-1809

Author : Jonathan Simon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317168070
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Chemistry, Pharmacy and Revolution in France, 1777-1809 by : Jonathan Simon

Download or read book Chemistry, Pharmacy and Revolution in France, 1777-1809 written by Jonathan Simon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the history of pharmacy in France and its relationship to the discipline of chemistry as it emerged at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It argues that an appreciation of the history of pharmacy is essential to a full understanding of the constitution of modern science, in particular the discipline of chemistry. As such, it provides a novel interpretation of the chemical revolution (c.1770-1789) that will, no doubt, generate much debate on the place of the chemical arts in this story, a question that has hitherto lacked sufficient scholarly reflection. Furthermore, the book situates this analysis within the broader context of the French Revolution, arguing that an intimate and direct link can be drawn between the political upheavals and our vision of the chemical revolution. The story of the chemical revolution has usually been told by focusing on the small group of French chemists who championed Lavoisier's oxygen theory, or else his opponents. Such a perspective emphasises competing theories and interpretations of critical experiments, but neglects the challenging issue of who could be understood as practising chemistry in the eighteenth century. In contrast, this study traces the tradition of pharmacy as a professional pursuit that relied on chemical techniques to prepare medicines, and shows how one of the central elements of the chemical revolution was the more or less conscious disassociation of the new chemistry from this ancient chemical art.

Affinity, That Elusive Dream

Author : Mi Gyung Kim
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262257848
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Affinity, That Elusive Dream written by Mi Gyung Kim and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008-01-25 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighteenth century, chemistry was transformed from an art to a public science. Chemical affinity played an important role in this process as a metaphor, a theory domain, and a subject of investigation. Goethe's Elective Affinities, which was based on the current understanding of chemical affinities, attests to chemistry's presence in the public imagination. In Affinity, That Elusive Dream, Mi Gyung Kim restores chemical affinity to its proper place in historiography and in Enlightenment public culture. The Chemical Revolution is usually associated with Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, who introduced a modern nomenclature and a definitive text. Kim argues that chemical affinity was erased from historical memory by Lavoisier's omission of it from his textbook. She examines the work of many less famous French chemists (including physicians, apothecaries, metallurgists, philosophical chemists, and industrial chemists) to explore the institutional context of chemical instruction and research, the social stratification that shaped theoretical discourse, and the crucial shifts in analytic methods. Apothecaries and metallurgists, she shows, shaped the main theory domains through their innovative approach to analysis. Academicians and philosophical chemists brought about two transformative theoretical moments through their efforts to create a rational discourse of chemistry in tune with the reigning natural philosophy. The topics discussed include the corpuscular (Cartesian) model in French chemistry in the early 1700s, the stabilization of the theory domains of composition and affinity, the reconstruction of French theoretical discourse in the middle of the eighteenth century, the Newtonian languages that plagued the domain of affinity just before the Chemical Revolution, Guyton de Morveau's program of affinity chemistry, Lavoisier's reconstruction of the theory domains of chemistry, and Berthollet's path as an affinity chemist.

Instruments and Experimentation in the History of Chemistry

Author : Frederic Lawrence Holmes
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262082822
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Instruments and Experimentation in the History of Chemistry written by Frederic Lawrence Holmes and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume moves chemical instruments and experiments into the foreground of historical concern, in line with the emphasis on practice that characterizes current work on other fields of science and engineering.

What Remains to Be Discovered

Author : John Maddox
Publisher : Free Press
ISBN 13 : 9780684863009
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book What Remains to Be Discovered written by John Maddox and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1999-11-05 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What wonders of science will the 21st century bring? John Maddox takes up this challenge by describing precisely what remains to be discovered. Building on twenty-three years' experience at the helm of the world's preeminent science magazine, Nature, Maddox identifies new areas of discovery in physics, biology, health, intelligence, and global catastrophe. As Maddox shows, the rate of scientific discovery will continue to accelerate, hurtling us toward ever more exciting discoveries in the next century.

A World on Fire

Author : Joe Jackson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440695970
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book A World on Fire written by Joe Jackson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Charles Seife’s Zero and Dava Sobel’s Longitude, this passionate intellectual history is the story of the intersection of science and the human, in this case the rivals who discovered oxygen in the late 1700s. That breakthrough changed the world as radically as those of Newton and Darwin but was at first eclipsed by revolution and reaction. In chronicling the triumph and ruin of the English freethinker Joseph Priestley and the French nobleman Antoine Lavoisier—the former exiled, the latter executed on the guillotine—A World on Fire illustrates the perilous place of science in an age of unreason.