The shadow of enlightenment
Subtitle: optical and political transparency in France, 1789-1848
By: Theresa Levitt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Optical engineering; History; Enlightenment; Politics and government
Description: This work examines the intersection of science and politics in the work of Francois Arago and Jean-Baptiste Biot, the principle architects of the optical revolution of early 19th-century France. Their disagreement over the optical accessibility of the world played out across a wide range of French culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.