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Light Fantastic is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light. All credits go to the great BBC Four channel. Narrated by Cambridge academic Simon Schaffer. Documentary created by BBC in 2004. Episode 2 : "The Light of Reason" > The second episode explores the link between the development of practical tools that manipulate light and the emergence of new ideas. The subject is examined through the work of Tycho Brahe; Galileo; Vermeer; Robert Hooke; William Herschel; Ole Rømer; Charles Darwin and Ernest Rutherford. Brahe was granted the island of Hven by Denmark's Frederick II. From here he observed a comet in 1577. Tycho's measurements proved that the Church's traditional view of the Universe must be wrong. Info source : Wikipedia

Light Fantastic is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light. All credits go to the great BBC Four channel. Narrated by Cambridge academic Simon Schaffer. Documentary created in 2004. Episode 1 : "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. Info source : Wikipedia