Antoine Lavoisier: Science, Administration and Revolution

‘A vivid impression of experiments in progress is recorded in excellent engravings by Lavoisier’s wife Marie Anne Paulze …’. Andrew Prentice, Biologist “…a much needed synthesis of recent work focused on Lavoisier and the Chemical Revolution. Donovan’s account is authoritative, splendidly written, and now the definitive introduction in English to the dramatic life and work of the father of modern chemistry…should be accessible to the non-specialist and can stand as a reliable first pass through the intricacies of the Chemical Revolution.” James E. McClellan, III, American Historical Review “…provides an elegantly written synopsis of the existing scholarship on Lavoisier and on 18th century France and its sciences…surely offers the most comprehensive and accessible account of the self-acclaimed founder of the Chemical Revolution.” Richard L. Kremer, Science “…a comprehensive but accessible account of the life and career of the leader of the eighteenth-century chemical revolution from his birth on August 26, 1743, to his untimely death on the guillotine as one of the Reign of Terror’s most famous victims on May 8, 1794.” George B. Kauffman, The Chemical Intelligencer

Frederic C. Lane (1900-1984) was a noted maritime historian of medieval and Renaissance Venice. Among his many books are Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Renaissance and Venice, A Maritime Republic, both available from Johns Hopkins. Arthur Donovan is a professor of humanities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.