Olivier Darrigol, A History of Optics: From Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xii + 327. ISBN 978-0-19-964437-7. £35.00 (hardback).

Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis

doi:10.1017/S0007087412001148

Olivier Darrigol, A History of Optics: From Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xii + 327. ISBN 978-0-19-964437-7. £35.00 (hardback).

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Information: The British Journal for the History of Science , Volume 45 , Issue 4: Special Issue: British Nuclear Culture , December 2012 , pp. 678 - 679

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Olivier Darrigol, A History of Optics: From Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xii + 327. ISBN 978-0-19-964437-7. £35.00 (hardback).

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