light

"Let in the light! What exactly is light? Learn all about the concept of light and how it plays a part in your everyday life. Find out where light comes from, how you see it, and if it really bounces!"--Back cover.

"A book for young readers about the concept of light and its spectrum, and how it's a part of our everyday lives"--Provided by publisher.

"Learn about the properties of light as you build a fiber-optic tube to carry light like engineer William Wheeler did, or use the sun to imprint images on objects like potter-maker Thomas Wedgewood, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Max Axiom teaches the science of light, traveling into space, into an eye, and other places to explore such topics as the spectrum, reflection, lasers, and energy conversion.

Brief text and photographs describe how the Earth spins on its axis creating day and night and explain electromagnetic waves and refraction.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

Describes discoveries about the properties of light throughout history, from Euclid's studies of reflection and refraction in ancient Greece to the invention of lasers by American physicist Charles Hard Townes in the 1960s.

Examines where light comes from and how it is used along with information on leading scientists in the field.

"Details science experiments about color with explanations"--.

Before magnifying glasses, how did people make objects look larger? The ancient Romans filled glass bowls with water. Then microscopes and telescopes came along. But optical innovation didn't stop there. Learn how many lightbulb designs Thomas Edison tested, how spies used microfilm to carry secret messages, how satellites let us look at Earth from space, and more! Follow the trail of inventions and devices that have enabled us to see everything from distant stars to tiny cells.