The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light : Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth Century
Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 - Selectionism 1. The Optical Ray 2. The Concept of Polarization 3. Arago and the Discovery of Chromatic Polarization 4. Mobile Polarization Part 2 - Fresnel, Diffraction, and Polarization 5. Fresnel's Ray Theory of Diffraction 6. Huygen's Principle and the Wave Theory 7. The Puzzle of Polarization 8.
Transverse Waves Part 3 - Controversy and Unification 9. A Case of Mutual Misunderstanding 10. Selectionists and Polarization after 1815 11. Fresnel's Final Unification 12. The Emerging Dominance of the Wave Theory Appendixes Notes References Name Index Subject Index.