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Marcellin Berthelot
AuthorBooks · Second hand1827-1907
Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot was a French chemist and Republican politician noted for the Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances, providing a large amount of counter-evidence to the theory of Jöns Jakob Berzelius that organic compounds required organisms in their synthesis. Berthelot was convinced that chemical synthesis would revolutionize the food industry by the year 2000, and that synthesized foods would replace farms and pastures. "Why not", he asked, "if it proved cheaper and better to make the same materials than to grow them?"
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About Marcellin Berthelot
Birth
1827
Death
1907
Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot was a French chemist and Republican politician noted for the Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances, providing a large amount of counter-evidence to the theory of Jöns Jakob Berzelius that organic compounds required organisms in their synthesis. Berthelot was convinced that chemical synthesis would revolutionize the food industry by the year 2000, and that synthesized foods would replace farms and pastures. "Why not", he asked, "if it proved cheaper and better to make the same materials than to grow them?"
Marcellin Berthelot was a multifaceted figure who excelled in both chemistry and French politics.
His work Traité élémentaire de chimie organique is considered a fundamental pillar of scientific literature.
In addition to his work as a university professor, he was a passionate advocate for Esperanto.
Throughout his prolific career, he wrote a total of 90 works focused on science and history.
Born in Paris, he dedicated his life to exploring the mysteries of thermochemistry and chemical synthesis.
