Obituary for Augustin Fresnel
Optics
2026-03-04 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
Annotated English translation of Duleau's "Notice sur A. Fresnel" in Revue encyclop\'edique, vol.39, pp.558-67 (September 1828), and of the shorter obituary for Fresnel in id., vol.37, pp.316-7.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.02821,
title = {Obituary for Augustin Fresnel},
author = {Alphonse Duleau and Gavin R. Putland},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.02821},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Edited by Gavin R. Putland. 13 pages (5.5in x 210mm), 21 references