While doing this week’s reading, I came across mention of the artist Joseph Albers and how he developed his theory on the perception of color and artistically portrayed it. I found his artwork to be both fascinating and hard to … Continue reading
Interested in researching how artists can use light, I came upon the kinetic light sculptures of Paul Friedlander. Friedlander is both a light sculptor and a physicist who studied under Nobel-Prize winning physicist Sir Anthony Legett. His works are a … Continue reading
I am once again astonished how fast light is. 3×108m/second. Then, I started wondering what it would be like if people were able to be as fast as light. Using the equation of time=distance/speed I calculated how long it will … Continue reading
This week we learned that light exists as a photon particle and that the colors we see are products of absorption and reflection of certain photons. This was especially interesting to observe in the gummy bear experiment that we performed … Continue reading
I’ve heard of light therapy being used to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is a kind of depression that recurs in late fall and winter. During these seasons, there are fewer hours of light per day. Lower exposure to daylight … Continue reading
I really enjoyed the experiments with light that we conducted last week! I was surprised to learn that light exists as a particle (called photons) and as a wave, and that we actually were preview to only small part of … Continue reading
CFL bulbs, or the energy saving bulbs touted by many, require mercury to produce light. All told, each bulb requires about 5 miligrams of Mercury- a dangerous heavy metal that must be respected and guarded against as it is toxic … Continue reading
Last spring, when I took astronomy 101 we talked a lot about spectra and light. While we discussed the definitions and applications of wavelength, frequency and speed of light waves, what I was most interested in was the different types … Continue reading
Given last week’s lecture about color and reflectivity, I wanted to share an artwork that I experienced while studying abroad in Denmark in the fall of 2013. Situated on top of a cube-shaped museum, called the ARoS in Aarhus, DK, … Continue reading
In class this week, we talked about how the human eye perceives color based on what wavelengths of white light are reflected from an object. However, what if the light that is hitting the object isn’t white to begin with? … Continue reading