Amedeo Avogadro
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Physics, Physicists, Chemistry, Chemists
- Curriculum: Italian History, 19th Century European History
Article abstract: Avogadro was the first scientist to distinguish between atoms and molecules. Avogadro’s law, a hypothesis that relates the volume of a gas to the number of particles present, greatly advanced the understanding of chemical reactions and resolved many chemical problems.
Early Life
Amedeo Avogadro was born in Turin in the Kingdom of Sardinia about one hundred kilometers southwest of Milan in what is now Italy. He was one of four sons born to Count Filippo Avogadro and Anna Maria Vercellone. Count Avogadro was a distinguished lawyer and...
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