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The first scientific laboratory was the sky, and for this reason astronomy is very ancient. Fundamental experiences carried out over the centuries, using light or studying its properties are exposed in this chapter.
“Light is everywhere, but to see it, paradoxically, we must turn it on in our minds.”
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Bisi, O. (2015). The History of Light. In: Visible and Invisible. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09825-8_1
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