Levitt Theresa:
The Shadow Of Enlightenment
Optical And Political Transparency In France 1789-1848
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2009
Hardback, 200 pages
Size: 234x156 mm
ISBN: 9780199544707
ISBN-10: 0199544700
The Shadow Of Enlightenment
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 nineteenth-century France. Their disagreement over the optical accessibility of the world played out across a wide range of French culture.

