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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 21
(2016) pp 111-112
International Year of Light 2015
George B. Kauffman
Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-8034, georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu
Published: 30 May 2016
Abstract. The United Nations proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies. This article surveys the history of light and chemistry and predicts the use of light to make new discoveries.
Key Words: Chemistry and History; Light; United Nations; Isaac Newton; Photochemistry; Spectroscopy; Waves; Particles; Microwaves; Prism; History of Science
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu)
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