# The Radiance of France, new edition

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- Book: [The Radiance of France, new edition](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabrielle-hecht/the-radiance-of-france-new-edition) ([The Radiance of France, new edition.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabrielle-hecht/the-radiance-of-france-new-edition.md))
- Authors: [Gabrielle Hecht](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabrielle-hecht), [Michel Callon](https://www.bookquiver.com/michel-callon)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6258-281-0
- Pages: 496
- Published: 2009-07-31
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or “radiance,” which also means “radiation” in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else. In the aftermath...