Table of Contents

One. Amedeo Avogadro, His Country and His Times.- Two. Electrical and Electrochemical Studies.- Three. The Molecular Hypothesis: The 1811 and 1814 Essays.- Four. The Molecular Hypothesis: From 1811 to Cannizzaro’s ‘Sunto’ in 1858.- Five. The Molecular Hypothesis: After the Karlsruhe Congress.- Six. The Major Chemical Essays (1821).- Seven. Avogadro’s Opus Magnum: Fisica dei Corpi Ponderabili (1837–1841).- Eight. Later Works.- Concluding Remarks.- Name Index.