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

Holmes, Frederic Lawrence

9780691016870: Antoine Lavoisier-The Next Crucial Year: Or, the Sources of His Quantitative Method in Chemistry

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ISBN 10: 0691016879 ISBN 13: 9780691016870

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1997

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 Lawrence 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 whose innovative experiments would make him the leader of one of the great upheavals in the history of science.

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Recensione:

"In this short, lively, and illuminating interpretation of Antoine Lavoisier's experimental work in 1773, Frederic Lawrence Holmes engages specific issues in Lavoisier studies as well as broader issues on writing the history of science."--American Historical Review

Contenuti:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	3
Ch. 1	The Sources of Lavoisier's Quantitative Method in Chemistry	7
Ch. 2	Consequences of the Crucial Year	12
Ch. 3	Vision and Reality	18
Ch. 4	The Public Arena	30
Ch. 5	Reflections	41
Ch. 6	In the Shadow of Black	47
Ch. 7	Caution and Consolidation	60
Ch. 8	The Long Summer Campaign	82
Ch. 9	The End of the Beginning	104
Ch. 10	Mopping-Up Operations	125
Ch. 11	Conclusion	140
Ch. 12	Before and After 1773: Lavoisier Studies	145
Appendix	Names, Substances, and Apparatus in Eighteenth-Century Chemistry	153
	Notes	157
	Index	181