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Antoine Lavoisier: Science, Administration and Revolution
Contributor(s): Donovan, Arthur (Author), Knight, David M. (Preface by)

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ISBN: 052156672X     ISBN-13: 9780521566728
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 1996
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Annotation: This biography represents a comprehensive, accessible account of the great eighteenth-century French chemist and administrator, Antoine Lavoisier.

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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Science | History
Dewey: B
LCCN: 96178046
Series: Cambridge Science Biographies Series
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.02" W x 8.93" L (1.33 lbs) 368 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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First published in 1993, this biography, first published in 1993, represents a comprehensive, accessible account of the great eighteenth-century French chemist and administrator, Antoine Lavoisier. Historians of science know Lavoisier as a founder of modern chemistry. Students of the French Revolution know him as an important financier and administrator in the final decades of the old regime and as the most famous scientist to be guillotined during the Terror. This volume devotes equal attention to the creation of his oxygen theory of combustion and to his efforts as a public administrator before and during the Revolution. Lavoisier was a historical figure of extraordinary importance. His biography illuminates the rise of modern science and the history of the French Revolution. Antoine Lavoisier provides its reader with a vivid, informed image of the man, his achievement and the tumultuous age in which he lived.
 
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