What did Robert Boyle do?

Question

I have to do a little research on him. I dont want you to do all the work for me, but just guide me to some websites/books that are easy to understand, becuase all of the infomration that I have read so far is a little complicated for me.

Answer 1

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9016071/Robert-Boyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle
http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/boyle.html
http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/boyle.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/boyle/
http://www.crystalinks.com/boyle.html
Well there are many websites about him, feel free to enter the above ones to help you in your research. :)
Robert Boyle was a 17th century intellectual whose emphasis on experimentation and quantification helped lay the foundation for modern chemistry. Born in Ireland to an aristocratic family, he entered Eton College at the age of 8. He then toured Europe and studied abroad as a young teenager, at one point having a religious experience that turned him into a devoted Christian. A student of natural philosophy, he proposed an early atomic theory of matter, formulated the first definition of an element and conducted rigorous experiments with detailed documentation. With his Oxford assistant Robert Hooke, Boyle devised an air pump that allowed him to experiment with vacuums and the properties of gases, metals, combustion and sound. He is known for Boyle's law, which states that the pressure and volume of gas at a constant temperature have an inversely proportional relationship (in France it is known as Mariotte's law, for Edme Mariotte). A prolific writer throughout his career, he wrote on matters of science and religion and posthumously financed a lecture series designed to use science to defend Christianity
Best Known As17th century chemist who came up with Boyle's law. His workdiaries:http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/wd/index.html and sweeping resources for students and teachers:http://www.bbk.ac.uk/boyle/index.htm
That's all, wish you good luck and hope your research would be fantastic.

Answer 2

He is considered to be the father of modern Chemistry (which is a surprisingly young science).

Wrote "The Sceptical Chemist" (modern spelling)

He came up with Boyle's law, which states that the pressure of gas times the volume is equal to a contant, k.