Light and Dark - Season 1 Episode 1 Light
The story of how we used light to reveal the cosmos begins in the 3rd century BC when, by trying to understand the tricks of perspective, the Greek mathematician Euclid discovered that light travels in straight lines. In Renaissance Italy 2,000 years later, Galileo Galilei did just that by using the lenses of his simple telescope to reveal our true place in the cosmos.With each new insight into the nature of light came a fresh understanding of the cosmos. In the 1670s, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer discovered that light travelled at a finite speed, a discovery that had a profound implication. And in 1964, by detecting the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the big bang, we captured the oldest light in the universe and saw as far back as it is possible to see with light.
Year: 2016
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC Four
Director:
Cast: Jim Al-Khalili
Crew: Stephen Cooter (Director), Andrew Fleming (Director of Photography), Tom Hayward (Director of Photography)
First Air Date: Oct 10, 2016
Last Air date: Oct 17, 2016
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 2 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 6.40/10 by 5.00 users
Popularity: 0.2913
Language: English
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