What is The Sceptical Chymist?
{{italictitle}} [[Image:The Sceptical Chymist.jpg|thumb|right|Title page of ''The Sceptical Chymist'' (1661).]] '''''The Sceptical Chymist''''' is a cornerstone book in the [[history]] of [[chemistry]]. It was written by [[Robert Boyle]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1627–1691). He was a 17th century [[Natural philosophy|natural philosopher]], [[chemist]], [[physicist]], and [[inventor]].<ref>Hunter, Michael 2000. ''Robert Boyle, 1627-91: scrupulosity and science''. The Boydell Press.</ref><ref>Hunter, Michael 2009. ''Boyle: between God and science''. New Haven: Yale University Press. {{ISBN|9780300123814}}</ref> Boyle was an [[Alchemy|alchemist]], but also the first modern chemist. He is famous for [[Boyle's law]], which is about the relationship between the [[temperature]] and [[pressure]] of a [[gas]]. == References == {{Reflist}} {{science-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sceptical Chymist}} [[Category:Science books]] [[Category:17th-century books]] [[Category:1660s works]]