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050 4 _aTA1522
082 0 4 _a530.094409033
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100 1 _aLevitt, Theresa.
245 1 4 _aThe shadow of enlightenment
_h[electronic resource] :
_boptical and political transparency in France, 1789-1848 /
_cTheresa Levitt.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2009.
300 _a1 online resource (192 p.) :
_bill., maps, plans.
520 8 _aThis 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aOptical engineering
_zFrance
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aOptical engineering
_zFrance
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aEnlightenment.
651 0 _aFrance
_xPolitics and government
_y18th century.
651 0 _aFrance
_xPolitics and government
_y19th century.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780199544707
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199544707.001.0001
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c39646
_d39646