Robert Boyle Pioneer of Experimental Chemistry |
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| Author:
| Gow, Mary |
| Series title: | Great Minds of Science Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7660-2501-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Enslow Publishing, LLC
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.60 |
Book Description:
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Seventeenth-century chemist Robert Boyle is best known for his experiments on gases that led to the formulation of Boyle's law. This law holds that the volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely to the pressure applied to it. Boyle also helped establish the experimental method in chemistry and physics. For this reason, he is considered the founder of modern chemistry. In this biography, the life and work of this pioneering scientist is examined.
Seventeenth-century chemist Robert Boyle is best known for his experiments on gases that led to the formulation of Boyle's law. This law holds that the volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely to the pressure applied to it. Boyle also helped establish the experimental method in chemistry and physics. For this reason, he is considered the founder of modern chemistry. In this biography, the life and work of this pioneering scientist is examined.