World Scientist: Svante Arrhenius

HE BROUGHT CHEMISTRY INTO THE MODERN AGE
Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish chemist who made important discoveries about acids, solutions, and our climate. He showed how acids release ions in water and introduced the world to the idea of the greenhouse effect.
His work earned him the Nobel Prize and made him a pioneer in modern chemistry.
WHY READ THIS BOOK?
- Learn how acids and solutions work
- Explore what affects Earth's climate
- See how scientists make predictions
- Be inspired to experiment and discover
BORN: 1859
- Studied how acids work
- First predicted climate change
- Nobel Prize Winner (1903)
- Arrhenius equation