References for François Arago
- R Hahn, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830900132.html
- Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009171/Francois-Arago
Books:
- A Audiganne, Francois Arago : son genie et son influence (Paris, 1857).
- M Daumas, Arago (Paris, 1943).
- M Daumas, Arago, 1786-1853 : la jeunesse de la science (Paris, 1987) (New edition).
- L M Dougherty and A Dollfus, F D Arago's polarimeter and his original observation of extraterrestrial polarisation in 1811 (1989).
Articles:
- P Crépel, Le cours d'arithmétique sociale de François Arago à l'école polytechnique (1825) : Transcription des notes prises par l'élève Hippolyte Renaud, Bull. Soc. Amis Bibl. école Polytech. (4) (1989), 56-81.
- E Grison, François Arago et l'école Polytechnique, Bull. Soc. Amis Bibl. école Polytech. (4) (1989), 1-28.
- I Howard-Duff, D F J Arago, 1786-1853, The Journal of the British Astronomical Association 97 (1986), 26-29.
- J Levy, Arago et l'astronomie populaire, L'Astronomie 100 (1986), 549-562.
- P Tucci, The Arago - Faraday controversy concerning electromagnetic induction (Italian), in Science and philosophy (Milan, 1985, 796-808.
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