A short bright flash: augustin fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse - theresa levitt

Levitt, Theresa: - Theresa Levitt held the McDonnell-Barksdale Chair of History of Science at the University of Mississippi and is associate professor of history there.

A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she has a masters degree in history from Iowa State University and a PhD from Harvard University.

She was the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant and a Fulbright IIE Graduate Research Fellowship, among other honors.

She is the author of numerous articles and papers on a variety of scientific subjects.