Antoine Lavoisier
Subtitle: founder of modern chemistry
By: Lisa Yount.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Great minds of science
Publisher: Enslow Publishers; Enslow Pub Inc
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780766030114
Subjects: Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, -- 1743-1794 -- Juvenile literature; Chemists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: "A biography of eighteenth-century French chemist Antoine Lavoisier and includes related activities for readers"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: recipes for revolution; title: Set for success; title: Fire and air; title: Down with phlogiston; title: Science for the people; title: A revolution in chemistry; title: A deadlier revolution; title: "Only a moment . . . "; title: Founder of modern chemistry; title: Afterword: very small chemistry; title: Activities; title: Chronology.