Robert Boyle
Field of Work
Robert Boyle was an Anglo-Irish philosopher, inventor, chemist, and writer.
Time Period
Robert Boyle was alive in the 17th century.
Born in Lismore County Waterford, Ireland, he was also noted for his writings in theology. Although his research clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition, Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method. He is best known for Boyle's law,[
Contributions
-Robert Boyle was an Irish chemist and physicist. He made Boyle's Law.
-He showed that sound does not travel through a vacuum, flames require air and animals need air to live.
-The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts and Paradoxes
Robert Boyle's professions were
1.) Chemist
2.) Physicist
3.) Philosopher