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288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393350890
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 12 January 2015
Description
Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827) shocked the scientific elite with his unique understanding of the physics of light. The lens he invented was a brilliant feat of engineering that made lighthouses blaze many times brighter, farther, and more efficientl...
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288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393350890
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 12 January 2015
Description
Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827) shocked the scientific elite with his unique understanding of the physics of light. The lens he invented was a brilliant feat of engineering that made lighthouses blaze many times brighter, farther, and more efficientl...