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Can I read Hippolyte Fizeau : Physicist of the Light on EtoBox?
Hippolyte Fizeau : Physicist of the Light by James Lequeux is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hippolyte Fizeau : Physicist of the Light about?
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
Who reads Hippolyte Fizeau : Physicist of the Light?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- James Lequeux
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9782759816965
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Memoir, Physics
- Updated
- 2026-03-24