Light Fantastic - Episode 1: Let There Be Light

BBC, Jeremy Turner, Simon Schaffer (presenter)

Title: Light Fantastic - Episode 1: Let There Be Light
Producer: BBC, Jeremy Turner, Simon Schaffer (presenter)
Category: Science, Light Fantastic
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Added: Jul 25th 2010
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God is light. In all cultures, there’s an intimate association between illumination and divinity, between life and creation.

Light is color. Light is energy. It fuels life and it feeds the spirit. It inspires art, religion, and science. Light holds the secrets of the universe. For thousands of years, humanity has tried to unlock the mysteries of light in its’ search for the nature of God himself.

Light Fantastic explores the phenomenon that surrounds and affects nearly every aspect of our lives but one which we take for granted – light.

Part 1 – Let There Be Light

Greek and Arab scholars, and later Europeans such as Descartes and Newton all tried to understand light to gain a better understanding of God. Episode one shows how much of modern science’s origins came from the desire to penetrate the divine nature of light.

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