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A short, bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse
- Title
- A short, bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse / Theresa Levitt.
- Author
- Levitt, Theresa.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
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Details
- Description
- 281 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Summary
- Describes the life of the man who invented a new lighthouse lens, capable of shining brighter, farther, and more efficiently than existing light sources, and his fight against the scientific elite, his poor health, and the limits of his era's technology.
- Alternative Title
- Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Dark and deadly shores -- Dreams of glory -- The flash of brilliance -- The dream of total refraction -- Race to perfection -- The American exception -- Everything recklessly broken -- The golden age.
- Call Number
- JFD 13-3158
- ISBN
- 9780393068795 (hardback)
- 039306879X (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013001565
- OCLC
- 811599507
- Author
- Levitt, Theresa.
- Title
- A short, bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse / Theresa Levitt.
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 13-3158