Light Fantastic - Season 1

Season 1
Episodes

Let There Be Light
The unwitting role religion played in our scientific understanding of light's properties.

The Light of Reason
Simon Schaffer looks at how light changed man's understanding of the universe.

The Stuff of Light
How the quest to understand what light really is had disturbing consequences.

Light the Universe and Everything
How studying light affected knowledge of science, art and the human mind.
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