
Hippolyte Fizeau
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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 The book, illustrated with numerous autographs and featuring important unpublished texts, is written in a lively and easily accessible way.
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- Intro
- Hippolyte Fizeau, physicist of the light
- Introduction
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - The beginning of a scientific life
- 1.1 The daguerreotype
- 1.2 A decisive encounter
- Chapter 2 - A fruitful collaboration
- 2.1 Interferometry and the nature of light
- 2.2 The nature of the infrared radiations
- Chapter 3 - The Doppler-Fizeau effect
- 3.1 Christian Doppler
- 3.2 Christophorus Buijs-Ballot
- 3.3 Hippolyte Fizeau
- 3.4 The future of the Doppler-Fizeau effect
- Chapter 4 - The velocity of light and electricity
- 4.1 A fertile period
- 4.2 The first direct measurement of the velocity of light
- 4.3 The measurements of the velocity of light after Fizeau
- 4.4 The velocity of electricity
- Chapter 5 - The "crucial experiment": the velocity of light in air and water
- 5.1 The project of Arago
- 5.2 Fizeau and Foucault take up Arago's experiment
- 5.3 The steeple chase
- Chapter 6 - The drag of æther
- 6.1 Act 1: Michell, Arago and Fresnel
- 6.2 Act 2: Fizeau and Michelson
- 6.3 Act 3: Fizeau and Michelson again
- 6.4 Act 4: Lorentz, Einstein and von Laue
- Chapter 7 - The diameter of stars
- 7.1 A brilliant idea
- 7.2 The first tests
- 7.3 Michelson again!
- 7.4 Stagnation and renewal of astronomical interferometry
- Chapter 8 - A highly esteemed scientist
- 8.1 A shortened family life
- 8.2 Some secondary but innovative works
- 8.3 A pillar of French physics
- 8.4 A studious end of life
- Appendix 1. Genealogy of Fizeau and his wife
- Appendix 2. Chronology
- Appendix 3. Correspondence Fizeau-Foucault
- Bibliography
- Index
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