How is light like waves in the ocean? What causes a mirage? How do eyes our translate light into the things we see? What are some forms of light than we cannot see? This title looks at the fascinating nature of light, how it's measured, and how it behaves. The book examines some of the exciting ways that light is being used in medicine, astronomy, and communications. It also discusses what the study of the most distant light in space tells us about the origin and future of the universe.
This is Book 5 in the Physical Science in Depth Series. See all Physical Science in Depth books here.
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Sally Morgan is a freelance author of children's science and environmental books and CD-ROMs with over 30 books to her name by a number of publishers, including Future Tech: Energy and the new Looking at Minibeasts series published by Belitha Press. Sally is a former science teacher and has a degree in Biological Science from Cambridge University. She lives
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