The French 18th-century chemist Antoine Lavoisier is a complicated historical figure. Scientifically, of course, he is an undisputed giant, helping usher in the chemical revolution as the field ...

Lavoisier in the Year One The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution Madison Smartt Bell W.W. Norton: 214 pp., $22.95 * Antoine Lavoisier (1743-94) was a -- possibly even the -- founding ...

The Law of Conservation of Mass dates from Antoine Lavoisier's 1789 discovery that mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions. In other words, the mass of any one element at the ...

Lavoisier carried out various political and economic activities to fund his scientific research. These included his work as an administrator of the Ferme Générale, 28 feudal tax collectors who ...

John-Paul Lavoisier (Philip) dishes with Digest about creating the hilarious viral Days of Our Lives social media video, “Two Men, One Job." ...

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 ...

Veteran soap star John-Paul Lavoisier dishes with Digest about his Days of our Lives comeback as Philip and making the character his own.

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 ...

This article was originally published with the title “Antoine Laurent Lavoisier” in SA Supplements Vol. 24 No. 603supp (July 1887), p. 9637 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican07231887-9637asupp ...

If Antoine Lavoisier is considered the father of modern chemistry, his wife Marie-Anne could be fairly called its mother. In the 18th century, Antoine (1743-1794) was one of the most respected ...