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Light Fantastic (other)
Light Fantastic may refer to: Film and TV * Light Fantastic (TV series), ''Light Fantastic'' (TV series), a BBC Four documentary television series about the history and discovery of light * "The Light Fantastic", an episode of ''ABC Stage 67'' * "The Light Fantastic", an List of Pokémon episodes (seasons 1–9)#Season 4: Johto League Champions (2000–01), episode of ''Pokémon'' Other * ''The Light Fantastic'', a satirical fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett * ''The Light Fantastic'', a Star Trek novels, ''Star Trek'' novel * Light Fantastic (album), ''Light Fantastic'' (album), a 1999 album by Steve Roach See also * Trip the light fantastic (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Fantastic (TV Series)
''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.http://www.bbc.co.uBBC Light Fantastic/ref> Let There Be Light The first episode shows how the desire, by Greek, Arab and Christian scholars to penetrate the divine nature of light led to modern science's origins. The programme explores the contributions of Empedocles; Euclid; Al Hazen; Roger Bacon; Descartes and Isaac Newton.''Let There Be Light'' 7 August 2006 01:50 BBC Four Greek scholars The nature of light, and how we see, was first investigated by the early Greek philosophers. Light seemed to fill all space while allowing a kind of penetration of the world thus offering a clue to the structure of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |