Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution
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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.
*Line along bottom closed pages - not remainder mark; vertical tear at top on dustjacket.*
| Author | Madison Smartt Bell |
|---|---|
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Place | New York |
| Year | 2005 |
| ISBN | 9780393051551 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Dustjacket Condition | Very Good |
| Comments | Line along bottom closed pages - not remainder mark; vertical tear at top on dustjacket. |
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