Lavoisier and the chemistry of life : an exploration of scientific creativity /
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Madison :
The University of Wisconsin Press,
1987.
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| Series: | Wisconsin Publications in the History of Science and Medicine ;
no. 4 |
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Table of Contents:
- The Grand System, 1773-1780. An ambitious Agenda. Lavoisier in Midstream. The emergence of a Theory of Respiration. Respiration and a General Theory of Combustion. Collaboration and a Move toward Plant Chemistry. Heat, Water, and Respiration, 1781-1785. The Importance of Melting Ice. Water Divided. Fixing the Composition of Fixed Air. Water and Respiration. Lavoisier in the Plant Kingdom, 1785-1789. The Composition of Inflammable Plant Substances. Nature's Operations. Language, Organic Composition, and Fermentation. The Trouble with Sugar. Plant and Animal Chemistry in the New Chemical System. The Animal Economy, 1790-1792. Responses to Lavoisier's Theory of respiration. Lavoisier's Return to Respiration. Dissonant Echoes. Reflections on the Creativity of One Scientist