01570nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000073518 StDuBDS 20150804193927.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 091020s2009 enkab fo 001 0 eng d 9780191720178 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS TA1522 530.094409033 22 Levitt, Theresa. The shadow of enlightenment [electronic resource] : optical and political transparency in France, 1789-1848 / Theresa Levitt. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009. 1 online resource (192 p.) : ill., maps, plans. 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Optical engineering France History 18th century. Optical engineering France History 19th century. Enlightenment. France Politics and government 18th century. France Politics and government 19th century. Print version 9780199544707 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199544707.001.0001 37083 37083