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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Light Science
The physics of light — the visible spectrum and color, photons and wavelength, reflection, refraction, diffraction, and the phenomena they produce.
11 entriesPhotometry & Units
Measuring light — luminous flux, illuminance, and intensity; the lumen, lux, and candela; luminous efficacy, color temperature, and color rendering.
8 entriesLamps & Bulbs
The technologies that make light — incandescent and halogen, fluorescent and CFL, LED and OLED, plus the sockets, filaments, and gases behind them.
12 entriesLighting Design
Putting light to work — home and workspace lighting, layering and task light, glare and daylighting, dimming, street lighting, and energy efficiency.
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