Lavoisier

Scientific Literature in Modern Europe

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    Modern Europe

  • Isaac Newton's "Principia" published

    Isaac Newton's "Principia" published
    Sir Isaac Newton's own first edition copy of his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica with his handwritten corrections. edition.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonsPrincipia.jpg
    The Principia, one of the most important works in the history of science. Contains Newton's laws of motion, forming the foundation of classical mechanics, The book is also considered the basis of modern science, consisting of theory and experimentation.

  • "Introductio in analysin infinitorum" by Leonhard Euler

    "Introductio in analysin infinitorum" by Leonhard Euler
    "Introductio in Analysin Infinitorum. LIBER PRIMUS. LIBER SECUNDUS" by Leonhardo Eulero
    http://ebookee.org/-quot-Introductio-in-Analysin-Infinitorum-LIBER-PRIMUS-LIBER-SECUNDUS-quot-by-Leonhardo-Eulero_1606243.html
    A two-volume work by Leonhard Euler consisting of 18 and 22 chapters in respectively. Widely considered the infrastructure of modern analysis in the field of mathematics.

  • Antoine Lavoisier "Elements in Chemistry"

    Antoine Lavoisier "Elements in Chemistry"
    Antoine Lavoisier's famous phlogiston experiment. Hand sketch engraving made by madamme Lavoisier in the 18th century featured in "Treatise Elementaire de Chimie".
    http://mattson.creighton.edu/History_Gas_Chemistry/Lavoisier.html
    The foundation of modern chemistry lies in Lavoisier's textbook. Modern chemical nomenclature, as well as the concrete evidence for theories regarding combustion, are what make up the significance of the textbook.

  • Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"

    Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
    "A Venerable Orang-outang", a caricature of Charles Darwin as an ape published in The Hornet, a satirical magazine.22 March 1871
    Charles Darwin raised much social reaction after the publication of "Descent of Man" in 1871,a book which compliments the radical theories put forward in the 1859 publi ation. Darwin was a major supporter of the notion of"natural selection", which was used to describe the evolutionary biology of the human and all other living species.

  • Sigmund Freud "An Interpretation of Dreams"

    Sigmund Freud "An Interpretation of Dreams"
    Title page of the original German edition of Sigmund Freud's Die Traumdeutung, Franz Deuticke, Leipzig & Vienna, 1899.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Die_Traumdeutung_(Congress_scan).jpg Freud revolutionized the approach of our "unconscious" and proposed an unprecedented insight into the meaning of our dreams.

  • Albert Einstein publishes his "Theory on General Relativity"

    Albert Einstein publishes his "Theory on General Relativity"
    Notes On the Origin of the General Theory of Relativity: .http://aefind.huji.ac.il/vufind1/Record/EAR000045815 Einsten published his theory on general relativity (GR) in 1916. That is, what would explain the phenomenon or "force" which Newton defined as gravity. Einstein provided a geometric dimension to gravitation and contributed to our modern perception of the universe.