Light Fantastic Episode guide

  1. Light, the Universe and Everything

    4/4 How studying light affected knowledge of science, art and the human mind.

    First broadcast: 25 Feb 2010

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  2. The Stuff of Light

    3/4 How the quest to understand what light really is had disturbing consequences.

    First broadcast: 18 Feb 2010

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  3. The Light of Reason

    2/4 Simon Schaffer looks at how light changed man's understanding of the universe.

    First broadcast: 11 Feb 2010

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  4. Let There Be Light

    1/4 The unwitting role religion played in our scientific understanding of light's properties.

    First broadcast: 04 Feb 2010

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