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Book Title
A Short Bright Flash
ISBN
9780393068795
Subject Area
Marine Science
Publication Name
A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Subject
History
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
218mm
Author
Theresa Levitt
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
643g
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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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 efficiently. Battling the establishment, his own poor health, and the limited technology of the time, Fresnel was able to achieve his goal of illuminating the entire French coast. At first, the British sought to outdo the new Fresnel-equipped lighthouses as a matter of national pride. Americans, too, resisted abandoning their primitive lamps, but the superiority of the Fresnel lens could not be?denied for long. Soon, from?Dunkirk to Saigon, shores were brightened with it.? The Fresnel legacy played an important role in geopolitical events, including the American Civil War. No sooner were Fresnel lenses finally installed along U.S. shores than they were drafted: the Union blockaded the Confederate coast; the Confederacy set about thwarting it by dismantling and hiding or destroying the powerful new lights. Levitt's scientific and historical account, rich in anecdote and personality, brings to life the fascinating untold story of Augustin Fresnel and his powerful invention.

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WW Norton & Co
ISBN-13
9780393068795
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Subject Area
Marine Science
Author
Theresa Levitt
Publication Name
A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Item Height
218mm
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
643g

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Theresa Levitt
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United States

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