References for Augustin Fresnel

1. R H Silliman, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
2. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. [Available on the Web]
3. R Baierlein, Newton to Einstein (Cambridge, 1992).

Articles:

4. P Blaise, Augustin Fresnel [article] : a l'occasion du 200e anniversaire de sa naissance 10 mai 1788-14 juillet 1827, Annales des ponts et chaussées 46 (1988), 22-25.
5. P Blaise, Augustin Fresnel 10th May, 1788 - 14th July, 1827, Bulletin of the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities (1988), 30-37.
6. G A Boutry, Augustin Fresnel : His Time, Life and Work 1788-1827, Science Progress 36 (1948), 587-604.
7. J Z Buchwald, Fresnel and diffraction theory, Arch. Internat. Hist. Sci. 33 (110) (1983), 36-111.
8. A Chappert, Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827), ingénieur et théoricien, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. Gén. Vie Sci. 6 (4) (1989), 315-326.
9. A Chappert, Lettres nouvelles de la correspondance de Fresnel, Arch. Internat. Hist. Sci. 28 (102) (1978), 49-65.
10. C Dawson, Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788-1827), Bulletin Liverpool Nautical Research Society 38 (1994), 72-76.
11. B Weiss, Die Widerlegung der Theorie der molécules puppiformes : Eine verschollene Abhandlung von Augustin Jean Fresnel, Centaurus 31 (3-4) (1988), 222-258.

August 2002