LEADER 03480nam 22006375 450 001 9910254620003321 005 20200706054112.0 010 $a3-319-20723-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-20723-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000474174 035 $a(EBL)4178339 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001585123 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16265777 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001585123 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14864920 035 $a(PQKB)11727779 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-20723-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4178339 035 $a(PPN)190530103 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000474174 100 $a20150908d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrançois Arago $eA 19th Century French Humanist and Pioneer in Astrophysics /$fby James Lequeux 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 225 1 $aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,$x0067-0057 ;$v421 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-20722-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Scientific Life in France at the Time of Arago -- The Life of Arago -- The Nature of Light -- The Velocity of Light -- The Birth of Electromagnetism -- The Measurement of the Earth -- Arago and the Paris Observatory -- Arago, Astronomer -- Arago, Geophysicist and Meteorologist -- Towards Applied Physics -- The Promoter of Science and Technique -- The Heritage of Arago. 330 $aFrançois Arago, the first to show in 1810 that the surface of the Sun and stars is made of incandescent gas and not solid or liquid, was a prominent physicist of the 19th century. He used his considerable influence to help Fresnel, Ampere and others develop their ideas and make themselves known. This book covers his personal contributions to physics, astronomy, geodesy and oceanography, which are far from negligible, but insufficiently known. Arago was also an important and influential political man who, for example, abolished slavery in the French colonies. One of the last humanists, he had a very broad culture and range of interests. In parallel to his biography, this title also covers the spectacular progresses of science at the time of Arago, especially in France: the birth of physical optics, electromagnetism and thermodynamics. Francois Arago?s life is a fascinating epic tale that reads as a novel. 410 0$aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,$x0067-0057 ;$v421 606 $aPhysics 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 606 $aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22006 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aAstrophysics. 615 14$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 615 24$aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. 676 $a509.2 700 $aLequeux$b James$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$053398 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254620003321 996 $aFrançois Arago$92509822 997 $aUNINA