Article: light
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      700+ words ...light 1 / līt / • n. 1. the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible: the light of the sun [in sing. ] the street lamps shed a faint light into the room. ∎  a source of illumination, esp. an electric lamp: a light came...

Article: OF LIGHT.(Poem)
Poetry;  May 1, 2001 ;     262 words ......dawn you leave. The river wears its skirl of light. And I trace love's loss to the origin of light. I swallow down the goodbyes I won't get to use. At grief's speed she waves from a palanquin of light. My book's been burned? Send me the ashes, so...

Article: Light on matter. (Comment).
The Architectural Review;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Without light, the world would seem almost formless. From the first architects...darkness was upon the face of the deep ... And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and god divided the light...

Article: REVEALED IN LIGHT.
The Architectural Review;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......by latitude, culture and place, the capacity of light to make manifest built form and move the human spirit...continues and extends this immemorial relationship with light. Architecture depends on light. As light reveals the forms of architecture and...

Article: Light and dark; ironically, at a time when light of all kinds is more abundant than ever before and means of manipulating it are ever more sophisticated, there is a general lack of imagination about illuminating buildings.(Comment)
The Architectural Review;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Never has humankind had more light. From transparent walls to almost universal provision of electric illumination, we can be bathed in light both day and night, so, because light is essential for life, we should be the happiest people...

Article: Of light. (physics)
National Review;  January 31, 1986 ;     700+ words ...OF LIGHT IN 1704 Isaac Newton published his Opticks...two hundred years: Do not bodies act upon light at a distance, and by their action bend its...not yet been named: the quantum theory of light. But everyone knew that light behaved, also...

Article: WHY WE NEED LIGHT AND SOUND TECHNOLOGY.(Brief Article)
Subconsciously Speaking;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The utilization of light and sound therapies has been prevalent...has increased with an explanation of how light and sound works and when it can be used...therapeutic regimens becoming necessary. Light and sound technology is successful because...

Article: The nature of light. (photography technique)
PSA Journal;  July 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ...The Nature of LIGHT Many photographers know little or nothing about the theories of light. Although this lack of knowledge has not inhibited...is concerned with anticipating the behavior of light. However, the reader should remember that scientist...

Article: Light Speed
Mathematics;      700+ words ...Light Speed Many science fiction writers feel that humans will...when it is possible to travel at, or above, the speed of light. Unmanned probes have already been sent to explore the solar...explore the outer planets and are now far beyond them. The Light-Year The dimensions of the universe are so enormous ...

Article: Light Index.
Afterimage;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Light Index is an exhibition that features work by three artists...the most essential component of the photographic process: light. This essential element, together with the concept of index...will highlight this conceptual subtext. Each artist uses light as a fundamental subject in dramatically different ...

Article: Let there be light: to a good lightscaper, the nighttime aquascape is a canvas waiting for the right strokes of light to bring it to life. (From The Source).
Pool & Spa News;  February 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Light is a tremendous mood-setter. Just compare a fast-food stop...restaurant or resort. And their attitudes about residential light design are similar to those about their backyard aquascapes...but also to create an effect. It's not enough to simply up light a few trees and part of the structure, then use ...

Article: polarization of light
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      662 words ...orientation of the vibration pattern of light waves in a singular plane. Characteristics...perpendicular to their direction of propagation. Light is a transverse electromagnetic wave (see electromagnetic radiation ). Thus a light wave traveling forward can vibrate up and...

Article: Color is visual response to wavelengths of light.
PSA Journal;  September 1, 1996 ;     699 words ...Perhaps you take colors and light, and your visual response to them for granted...the way an individual's eyes respond to light waves and in the sensation of color in the human mind. The nature of light also plays a role in the perception of color...

Article: Light: use it to communicate, not just to expose your film.
Communication World;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......photography comes to us from the Greek phrase writing with light. Light is the essence of photography as both art and communication...many photographers fail to make the most of it. They use light only to expose their film, instead of also using it as...