During the French Revolution many ideas and concepts that we consider basic in our world today were born or evolved in a fundamental way. Among them are the bases of modern chemistry which at this time and with the help of two characters took the steps that separated alchemy from a modern rational and exact science. One of those characters was Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze nicknamed precisely the “mother of modern chemistry” because she was directly involved in the creation and modeling of those ideas.
Pierrette Paulze was born in in Loire into a family of aristocrats of whom she was the only daughter among four brothers. Her mother died when she was three years old and her father decided that she should grow up in a convent something that in fact became CXB Directory a door to a cultured and enlightened world since it was in these places where it was easiest to receive a quality education in that time. In that environment and thanks to her abilities her training was solid and complete: she learned several languages including English and Latin in addition to training in painting until she became a talented draftsman and engraver. All this would be useful later in her scientific work.
A scientific marriage
When she reached adolescence marriage was the goal and she had no shortage of candidates. The main one a man three times her age the Count of Amerval whom she defined as “a fool an insensitive rustic and an ogre.” However her father looking for a suitor somewhat more in line with her daughter's tastes and personality finally agreed to marry her to Antoine Laurent Lavoisier who was only twice her age she was he was . Although there was still a notable age difference the two understood each other well from the beginning shared intellectual interests and for years their union was happy and fruitful.
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