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  1. Robert Boyle - Wikipedia

    Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method.

  2. Robert Boyle | Biography, Contributions, Works, & Facts ...

    Dec 27, 2025 · Boyle and Hooke discovered several physical characteristics of air, including its role in combustion, respiration, and the transmission of sound. One of their findings, published …

  3. Robert Boyle - Science History Institute

    Every general-chemistry student learns of Robert Boyle (1627–1691) as the person who discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa—the …

  4. Robert Boyle - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Jan 15, 2002 · Best known today as the father of chemistry, Robert Boyle (1627–1691) has, since the early 1990s, emerged as a significant figure in early modern philosophy, not only through …

  5. Robert Boyle | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    With the help of his colleague Robert Hooke (1635-1703), he designed and improved an air pump capable of creating and sustaining a vacuum and used it to perform many famous …

  6. Robert Boyle - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists

    Using Hooke’s pump, Boyle and Hooke carried out experiments to investigate the properties of air and the vacuum, making their first great discovery: Boyle’s Law.

  7. Robert Boyle and the Birth of Modern Chemistry - EBSCO

    Often called the “father of modern chemistry,” Robert Boyle discovered the inverse relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas. He devised influential definitions of a chemical …

  8. Robert Boyle - World History Encyclopedia

    Oct 4, 2023 · Boyle formulated a principle which became known as "Boyle's Law". This law states that the pressure exerted by a certain quantity of air varies inversely in proportion to its volume …

  9. Timothée Chalamet & Susan Boyle’s Bizarre Relationship ...

    Dec 28, 2025 · Susan Boyle and Timothée Chalamet have been going back and forth praising one another around the release of his new film, Marty Supreme.

  10. Susan Boyle - Wikipedia

    Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) [1][5] is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent, singing "I Dreamed a …