Theresa Levitt

A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Combin[es] matters of biography, science, engineering, technology, art, history, economics and politics seemingly effortlessly and definitely seamlessly. An excellent book and a joy to read."-Henry Petroski, Wall Street Journal

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Norton
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 229g
• ISBN-13: 9780393350890
• ISBN-10: 0393350894
• Artikelnr.: 40921547

Autorenporträt

Theresa Levitt held the McDonnell-Barksdale Chair of History of Science at the University of Mississippi and is associate professor of history there. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she has a master's degree in history from Iowa State University and a PhD from Harvard University. She was the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant and a Fulbright IIE Graduate Research Fellowship, among other honors. She is the author of numerous articles and papers on a variety of scientific subjects.