Mathematician:Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro

Mathematician

Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as Avogadro's Law.

Nationality

Italian

History

• Born: 9 August 1776 in Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia
• Died: 9 July 1856 in Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia

Theorems and Definitions

• Avogadro's Number
• Avogadro's Law

Results named for Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro can be found here.

Publications

• 1811: Essai d'une manière de déterminer les masses relatives des molécules élémentaires des corps, et les proportions selon lesquelles elles entrent dans ces combinaisons ("Essay on a manner of Determining the Relative Masses of the Elementary Molecules of Bodies and the Proportions by Which They Enter These Combinations")

Also known as

Usually referred to as Amedeo Avogadro.