Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (born 1711)

Mikhail Lomonosov

Russian polymath, scientist and writer (1711–1765)

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions. His spheres of…