Light is essential to understand what surrounds us. It is a basic element of the universe and some essential aspects of this, like life, would not be possible without it.
To mark the International Year of Light, this book aims to explain the basis of what we currently know about the properties of light and its interaction with other objects, with special emphasis on technological applications. In particular, the relationship of light to the universe, life, vision, molecules, the atmosphere, the matter described. Lighting, communication, nanoscience and energy.