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François Arago [electronic resource] : a 19th century French humanist and pioneer in astrophysics / James Lequeux.

François Arago, un savant généreux. English

9783319207230 (electronic book)
3319207237 (electronic book)
9783319207223
3319207229

Cham : Springer, 2016.

English

1 online resource.

10.1007/978-3-319-20723-0 doi

QB36.A67

520/.944

Franois Arago, the first to show in 1810 that the surface of the Sun and stars is made of incandescent gas and not solid or liquid, was a prominent physicist of the 19th century. He used his considerable influence to help Fresnel, Ampere and others develop their ideas and make themselves known. This book covers his personal contributions to physics, astronomy, geodesy and oceanography, which are far from negligible, but insufficiently known. Arago was also an important and influential political man who, for example, abolished slavery in the French colonies. One of the last humanists, he had a very broad culture and range of interests. In parallel to his biography, this title also covers the spectacular progresses of science at the time of Arago, especially in France: the birth of physical optics, electromagnetism and thermodynamics. Francois Aragos life is a fascinating epic tale that reads as a novel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Astrophysics and space science library ; 421.

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