HE DISCOVERED THE TRUE NATURE OF COMBUSTION
Antoine Lavoisier transformed chemistry with meticulous experiments and keen logic. By carefully observing the way things burn, he discovered that fire relies on a gas we now call oxygen. Lavoisier also showed that matter is neither created nor destroyed during chemical reactions. His work marked the birth of modern chemistry and gave us a new understanding of matter itself.
WHY READ THIS BOOK?
* Learn what oxygen really does
* See how careful measurements make great science
* Understand why mass is always conserved
* Be inspired to think like a modern scientist.
BORN: 1743
* Discovered the role of oxygen
* Proved the Law of Conservation of Mass
* Popularized careful experimentation
* Father of modern chemistry
* Redox reactions