Question

Attempts to expand frontiers of knowledge

Answer 1

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisierforever changed the practice and concepts of chemistry by forging a new series of laboratory analyses that would bring order to the chaotic centuries of Greek philosophy and medieval alchemy. Through his influential work, Lavoisier challenged the prevailing “phlogistic” theory and demonstrated the true role of oxygen in combustion; he described the role of oxygen in respiration, and showed that water is not an element but a compound comprised of hydrogen and oxygen