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What is light? A brief answer is: Light is a form of energy. Examples of other forms of energy are kinetic energy, such as that transferred from the wind to the vanes of a windmill, and chemical energy, such as that stored in an automobile battery, available for conversion to electrical energy.
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Agoston, G.A. (1987). Light and Color. In: Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34734-7_4
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