{"product_id":"robert-boyle-founder-of-modern-chemistry","title":"Robert Boyle: Founder of Modern Chemistry (Immortals of Science) by Harry Sootin","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Boyle, the great English chemist, is often regarded as the \"founder of modern chemistry\" because he was a firm believer in experiment rather than theory. Throughout his lifetime, Boyle insisted that chemistry was farm more than a mere subdivision of medical knowledge. Indeed, the results of his brilliant work proved that chemistry was itself a full-fledged science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoyle's best-known achievement is the Law that bears his name today-Boyle's Law, which states the relation between the pressure and volume of gases. He was also the first to perform the bell-in-vacuum experiment with an efficient air pump, proving that air is the normal medium by which sound reaches our ears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong Boyle's other accomplishments were the perfection of the thermometer into a sealed unit, and the development of the barometer in the form it is used today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Harry Sootin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Purple House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45929113026746,"sku":"9798888181980","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_c49913f3-c483-4c9f-906d-3b98806b0e3a.jpg?v=1780151289","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/robert-boyle-founder-of-modern-chemistry","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}