1743-1794

Offers a brief overview of the life and career of eighteenth-century French chemist Antoine Lavoisier.

Antoine Lavoisier is considered to be the father of modern chemistry. Using experiments and careful measurements, he created a system to help chemists understand how matter behaves. He discovered and named oxygen and hydrogen, and helped set up a system to classify these and other elements. Perhaps his most famous discovery is the role oxygen plays in combustion.

A biography of chemist Antoine Lavoisier who identified oxygen and hydrogen, studied the conservation of mass, wrote the first major list of elements, and helped develop the metric system. Describes how old rivals raised suspicion about him during the French Revolution that led to his beheading.

The Nobel Prize committee decides to give an award retroactively to the scientist who discoverd Oxygen and began the chemical revolution but has trouble determining who deserves the award.

A short biography of eighteenth-century French statesman, economist, and social reformer, Antoine Lavoisier, who was best known as the father of modern chemistry, and profiles his life and work which included his discovery of the components of water.

Recounts the life of the French chemist whose work helped transform many of the undocumented scientific beliefs of the Middle Ages into an exact science.

Presents a biography of the life of eighteenth-century French scientist Antoine Lavoisier who laid the foundation for the understanding of modern chemistry.

Examines the life of Antoine Lavoisier, the French scientist who is considered the founder of modern chemistry and biochemistry because of his discovery of oxygen and his work on combustion and respiration.