˜Aœ world on fire : a heretic, an aristocrat, and the race to discover oxygen

˜Aœ world on fire a heretic, an aristocrat, and the race to discover oxygen

Traces the breakthrough discovery of oxygen at the end of the 1700s by a pair of rival scientists, describing how English dissenter Joseph Priestley and French aristocrat Antoine Lavoisier waged a fierce competition to solve the "riddle of air."

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1. Verfasser: Jackson, Joe (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York Viking 2005
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schlagworte:
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent > Priestley, Joseph > Geschichte 1700-1800 > Geschichte > Naturwissenschaft > Oxygen > Science > History > Sauerstoff > Entdeckung > Europa
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Zusammenfassung:Traces the breakthrough discovery of oxygen at the end of the 1700s by a pair of rival scientists, describing how English dissenter Joseph Priestley and French aristocrat Antoine Lavoisier waged a fierce competition to solve the "riddle of air."
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-395) and index
Beschreibung:414 S., [4] Bl.
Ill.
24 cm
ISBN:0670034347
0-670-03434-7