Light Fantastic

Light Fantastic

2004 · Documentary · 1 Season · 4 Episodes · 0.0

Light Fantastic is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light and aired in December 2004 on BBC Four. The series comprised four programmes respectively titled: "Let There Be Light"; "The Light of Reason"; "The Stuff of Light"; and "Light, the Universe and Everything." The material was presented by Cambridge academic Simon Schaffer.

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E11. Let There Be Light50m · 2004-08-17E22. The Light of Reason50m · 2004-08-17E33. The Stuff of Light50m · 2004-08-17E44. Light The Universe And Everything50m · 2004-08-10In the final programme Simon Schaffer finds that as more people were able to manipulate light, the more puzzling and tricky it became. This led to investigations into the strange relationship between light, the eye and the mind, and the development of new technology such as photography and cinema.

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