Lomonosov

Author: Ge Xinsheng
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The "World Famous Figures" series is a collection of biographical stories about notable individuals. It presents the lives of readers in a complete yet concise, multifaceted yet focused, accurate yet vivid manner. This book is a biographical account of the life of Mikhail Lomonosov, an 18th-century Russian scientist, poet, and language reformer. Lomonosov was born into a fisherman's family. He began learning to read only at the age of 12 and traveled alone to Moscow to pursue his education. Through arduous and tenacious study and effort, he made significant contributions in both natural sciences and philosophy, as well as in the fields of history and linguistics. He discovered the law of conservation of mass and the law of conservation of motion; he established the atomic molecular and theory, invented numerous instruments for various disciplines, and was hailed as the "Father of Russian Science" and the "Peter the Great of Literature."