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Sign up todayLavoisier in the Year One
The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution
Narrator
Arthur Morey
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Length
5 hours 48 minutes
Language
English
Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing an entirely new terminology, one still in use by chemists.
Madison Smartt Bell’s enthralling narrative reads like a race to the finish line, as the very circumstances that enabled Lavoisier to secure his reputation as the father of modern chemistry—a considerable fortune and social connections with the likes of Benjamin Franklin—also caused his glory to be cut short by the French Revolution.
MADISON SMARTT BELLis the author of thirteen novels, including All Soul’s Rising, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and two short story collections. In 2008, he received the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is currently a professor of English at Goucher College and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Arthur Morey has recorded over two hundred audiobooks in history, fiction, science, business, and religion, earning a number of AudioFile Earphones Awards and two Audie Award nominations. He was an editor at two publishers and has taught writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed. Arthur attended Harvard and the University of Chicago.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Arthur Morey
ISBN:
9798212001106
Length:
5 hours 48 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
June 28, 2022
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
“A two-part thriller. The first describes Lavoisier’s successful effort to win the race to explain how chemical processes work; the second, his pursuit by French revolutionaries.”
“Bell succeeds, not only in depicting the rigorousness of Lavoisier’s method, but also in conveying a sense of his character.”
“Portrays a visionary who freed chemistry from its alchemical roots, helped establish the practice of systematic experimentation, and isolated and named oxygen…Writing with equal panache about scientific breakthroughs and social upheaval…Bell portrays Lavoisier and his gifted wife with admiration and empathy.”
“Full of suspense and intrigue set against a backdrop of war and revolution…the story of a well-intentioned and honorable man caught up in events beyond the comprehension of his formidable intellect…Bell uses his novelistic skills in the service of narrative and character to keep Lavoisier’s story fresh.”
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