ARAGO, Biographie de Gaspard Monge, 1853

First edition.
François Arago (1786-1853), permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences, was a leading French physicist, astronomer, and politician. This biography of Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), founder of descriptive geometry, is a tribute to one of the major figures of the French Revolution and 18th-century science. Monge's work, a former member of the Academy, is highlighted by Arago, who himself contributed to the advancement of science.