01570nam a2200325 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050001100173082002200184100002100206245013300227260004700360300005300407520031200460588004700772504005100819650005600870650005600926650001900982651005101001651005101052776003301103856009101136999001701227EDZ0000073518StDuBDS20150804193927.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||091020s2009    enkab  fo     001 0 eng d  a9780191720178 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aTA152204a530.0944090332221 aLevitt, Theresa.14aThe shadow of enlightenmenth[electronic resource] :boptical and political transparency in France, 1789-1848 /cTheresa Levitt.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,cc2009.  a1 online resource (192 p.) :bill., maps, plans.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.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aOptical engineeringzFrancexHistoryy18th century. 0aOptical engineeringzFrancexHistoryy19th century. 0aEnlightenment. 0aFrancexPolitics and governmenty18th century. 0aFrancexPolitics and governmenty19th century.08iPrint versionz9780199544707403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199544707.001.0001  c37083d37083