His name may have faded into oblivion, but the life of French inventor Augustin Mouchot was worthy of a novel. Although his work and research have led to significant innovations in the field of solar energy, this math teacher will only have known a few brief moments of glory.
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We thus discover how his fragile health, his withdrawn nature and the succession of setbacks he suffered during his career made him a genius in the shadows. We may never have heard of him or not be the least interested in the scientific revolutions that punctuated the 19th century.e century, we quickly fall in love with the character, whose determination to overcome the pitfalls makes him a model of perseverance – to the point that we end up following the succession of ups and downs that have constituted his life with great interest.
The author, who found himself in the second selection of the Femina awards this fall for this title, thus succeeds in the bet of giving him a little light through the captivating story of his beginnings, until his last days. And we only come out more informed about a part of scientific history whose echoes still reach us to this day.
The inventor
miguel bonnefoy
Shorelines
208 pages