Overview :This book is the first to place revolutionary advances in light and optics in the cultural context of France in the first half of the ninete... Read More
Overview :A Financial Times Best History Book of the YearA Financial Times Summer Reading Favorite "[V]ividly evokes cultural life in Bohemian Paris, ... Read More
Overview :Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827) shocked the scientific elite with his unique understanding of the physics of light. The lens he invented was a ... Read More