French aristocrat and chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was an incredibly important figure in the history of chemistry, whose findings were equivalent in stature to the impact of Isaac Newton‘s ...

Marie Paulze was only 13 when she married the wealthy French lawyer Antoine Lavoisier, and she immediately started learning English so that she could act as the scientific go-between for his ...

Before Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794), chemistry was little more than an extension of alchemy, steeped in vague ideas and mysterious substances. Dispensing with alchemy One of the most widely ...

Antoine Lavoisier didn’t just study chemistry—he transformed it Known as the Father of Modern Chemistry, he shattered old myths, discovered the role of oxygen in burning, and laid the ...

DR. McKIE has put together the already known chief data of Lavoisier's life and researches, and has duly taken advantage of the recent additions to our understanding which are due to the late Dr. A.

It's named in honor of the 18th century French chemist, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, considered the father of modern chemistry. The commitment these medalists have displayed throughout their careers ...

All the glitter ever made still exists. Remember how in the 18th century Antoine Lavoisier declared that matter can never be destroyed? I think he meant glitter. In October the European Union ...

Last broadcast over 25 years ago, 4 Extra dips into the archive for this dramatised account of the fate of French chemist, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier. It was Lavoisier who discovered the secret of ...

Indeed, before it was named nitrogen following its discovery by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772, chemist Antoine Lavoisier suggested that it be called azote, from the ancient Greek ...

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In 1772, Antoine­ Laurent Lavoisier – sometimes referred to as the father of modern chemistry – set valuable diamonds on fire. When Lavoisier was born, chemistry was still not what you'd call ...