Great People of the World Series -- M. V. Lomonosov

Author: Ge Xinsheng
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: "World Great Figures" is a series of biographical stories. It introduces readers to the lives of figures in a complete yet concise, multifaceted yet focused, accurate yet vivid manner. This book is a biographical story, chronicling the life of 18th-century Russian scientist, poet, and language reformer Mikhail Lomonosov. Lomonosov was born into a fisherman's family. He did not start learning to read until he was 12 and traveled alone a long distance to Moscow for education. Through arduous and tenacious study and struggle, 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 and molecular theory, invented numerous instruments for various disciplines, and was hailed as the "Father of Russian Science" and the "Peter the Great of Literature."