Reading Assignment #2

Read Chp. 19: pages 210-219
"Robert Boyle, Skeptic or Airhead"

1. Explain why Boyle is called both the last alchemist and first chemist.

2. Of what practical use was Boyle's earlier works employed?

3. Explain Boyle's Law (not a rewrite)

4. What is the real significance of Boyle's Law to the development of modern scientific thought?

5. Based on this chapter, create a list of what the Greeks (notably Aristotle) seemed to have correctly theorized and a list of their disproved theories.

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