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Light commences at Stonehenge, where crowds cheer a solstice sunrise. After sampling myths explaining First Light, the story moves on to early on philosophers' questions, then through the generations, from Buddhist temples to Biblical scripture, when light was the soul of the divine. Fighting darkness and despair, Gothic architects made radiant cathedrals while Dante imagined a 'heaven of genuine light.' Later, following Leonardo's advice, Renaissance performers learned to capture light on canvas. During the Scientific Revolution, Galileo compiled light in his telescope, Descartes assessed the rainbow, and Newton used prisms to solidify the knowledge of optics. But even after Newton, light was an enigma. Particle or wave? Did it stream through an unseen 'ether'? Through age Edison and in to the time of lasers, Light reveals how light sparked new magic - relativity, quantum electrodynamics, fiber content optics, and even more. Although lasers now perform each day miracles, light keeps its eternal allure. "For the rest of my life," Einstein said, "I am going to reflect on what light is." Light explores and celebrates such interest.
