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His Life
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier was born to a wealthy family in Paris on 26
August 1743. The son of an attorney at the Parliament of Paris, he
inherited a large fortune at the age of five .In his last two years (1760
1761) at the college his scientific interests were aroused, and he
studied chemistry, botany, astronomy, and mathematics. Lavoisier
entered the school of law, where he received a bachelor's degree in
1763 and a licentiate in 1764. Lavoisier received a law degree and was
admitted to the bar, but never practiced as a lawyer. However, he
continued his scientific education in his spare time.
Few substances are known to have a neutral pH, thus we can easily
assume that acids and bases play a significant role in our lives. As stated
in Acids & Bases in Biochemistry and Cell-biology the understanding
of acids and bases has helped us develop cancer research, which is, due
to the width and mortality rate of the disease, one of the most
important fields of research we are carrying out in todays society. The
understanding of acids and bases has led us to a point in cancer
research where we understand how the disease, not only one type of
cancer but all of them, may be tackled. The question posing cancer
researcher now is how they should do this. Without the understanding
of the pH value, we would not understand how the metabolic switch
between glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation is related to the
growth of cancerous tumors. This implies that we would not have been
standing in front of this milestone in cancer research, which may lead
to our discovery of a cure for cancer. Thanks to our understanding of
acids and bases, we may be able to save thousands of lives in the
future.
His Life
Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 2 October 1927) was a
Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a
chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry.
He received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903 and in 1905 became
director of the Nobel Institute where he remained until his death.The
Arrhenius equation, Arrhenius definition of an acid, lunar crater
Arrhenius and the Arrhenius Labs at Stockholm University are named
after him.