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Light - A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age written by Bruce Watson performed by Michael Butler Murray on MP3 CD (Unabridged)

Light - A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age written by Bruce Watson performed by Michael Butler Murray on MP3 CD (Unabridged)
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ISBN:  9781536667103
Genre - Main:  Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Popular Science
Duration:  687 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Bruce Watson
Narrator 1:  Michael Butler Murray

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Light begins at Stonehenge, where crowds cheer a solstice sunrise. After sampling myths explaining First Light, the story moves on to early philosophers' queries, then through the centuries, from Buddhist temples to Biblical scripture, when light was the soul of the divine. Battling darkness and despair...

Gothic architects crafted radiant cathedrals while Dante dreamed a 'heaven of pure light.' Later, following Leonardo's advice, Renaissance artists learned to capture light on canvas. During the Scientific Revolution, Galileo gathered light in his telescope, Descartes measured the rainbow, and Newton used prisms to solidify the science of optics.

But even after Newton, light was an enigma. Particle or wave? Did it flow through an invisible 'ether'? Through the age of Edison and into the age of lasers, Light reveals how light sparked new wonders - relativity, quantum electrodynamics, fiber optics, and more.

Although lasers now perform everyday miracles, light retains its eternal allure. "For the rest of my life," Einstein said, "I will reflect on what light is." Light explores and celebrates such curiosity.

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