Light

DK Eyewitness Books

by David Burnie

Why are there colors in soap bubbles? How fast does light move? Find out the answers to these and other questions in this new look at the story of light.

Genres: Science, Physics, Nonfiction

64 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1993

About the author

David Andrew Burnie is an accomplished zoologist who was a nature reserve ranger before becoming a natural history author and editor. A prolific writer of many books, including several on dinosaurs, he has seen many of his titles win educational awards and science prizes. His titles for Kingfisher include Kingfisher Knowledge: Endangered Planet and The Kingfisher Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia, which was nominated for the Aventis Prize for Science Books in 2002.

Reviews

[Dan Castrigano · Rating 3 out of 5]

The most dense and difficult to understand Eyewitness book yet. Really tough and abstract concepts about which I didn't know very much. Stuff I learned and or know better now: the electromagnetic spectrum goes from big wavelengths to little wavelengths and the shorter the wavelength, the stronger it is (and more likely to injure/kill humans - radio waves, television waves, radar waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light waves, ultraviolet waves, x-ray waves, gamma ray waves, cosmic ray waves; also, infraRED is next to red and ultraVIOLET is next to violet on the visible spectrum; something appears orange because it absorbs all of the colors EXCEPT for orange; how the concave nature of glasses (for people with nearsightedness or myopia) and contacts bends light to make the image clearer and that it's a VIRTUAL IMAGE we see through contact and lenses that is not actually in that place. crazy.

[Viktoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book was quite helpful as young artist

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

a good resource for children, lots of pictures and explainations about history, facts, and descriptions of the science of light.

[Bonnie Pohlig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Has excellent diagrams and explanations! Great for teaching about light.

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