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Hippolyte Fizeau : physicist of the light

Auteur : James Lequeux

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Biographie de ce savant célèbre pour avoir mesuré la vitesse de la lumière en 1849. Il fut membre de l'Académie des sciences de 1860 à son décès en 1896. ©Electre 2024

Hippolyte Fizeau

Physist of the ligth

The French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau was the first to have directly measured the velocity of light in 1849. He discovered the shift in wavelength produced by the relative velocity of a light or sound source and an observer independently from Doppler. But it is not generally known that he was also a pioneer of photography, that he performed with Léon Foucaults magnificent interference experiments, in particular in the infrared, and also that several of his other experiments put his successors on the track to Relativity. Fizeau also imagined, in 1851, that the apparent diameter of stars could be measured by interferometry, opening the way for developments that are presently experiencing enormous success. This book is the very first devoted to the scientific work of this great physicist.

Most of the experimental notes of Fizeau have been preserved as well as many of his instruments, making it possible to reconstruct the processes of his research in an exceptionally precise and detailed manner. The book, illustrated with numerous autographs and featuring important unpublished texts, is written in a lively and easily accessible way.

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Paru le : 16/06/2021

Thématique : Essais Scientifiques Physique générale

Auteur(s) : Auteur : James Lequeux

Éditeur(s) : EDP sciences

Collection(s) : Sciences & histoire

Série(s) : Non précisé.

ISBN : 978-2-7598-2045-0

EAN13 : 9782759820450

Reliure : Broché

Pages : VI-142

Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 16.0 cm


Épaisseur: 1.0 cm

Poids: 276 g