Book Backgrounder
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Light, Dark, and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Since the dawn of time, electromagnetic energy has permeated through the universe and emptiness of space, surrounding and interacting with everything it touches, illuminating, destroying, and giving life.
The colourful section of the electromagnetic spectrum we see in the form of visible light, rainbows and other phenomena is tiny when compared to its vast entirety. Using visible light and many other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum have become common everyday occurrence for the majority of people on Earth, as it’s been integrated into our lives in ways that we don’t even think twice about it.
Natural sunlight, starlight, moonlight and firelight have all played a vital role in the evolution, expansion and migration of the human race. While today, our study, deliberate manipulation and application of the EMS has taken us to the forefront of technological advancement.
This book illuminates what light is and the different histories of various lighting technologies. It also illustrates the many parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, light and its effects, the endless ways we have harnessed its energy, our early spiritual connections with light, and how today we interact and live with its essential and necessary influence.
Author Bio – Scott Gracie
Book backgrounder – Scott Gracie whose fascination with light began in his early teens, tinkering with electronics as a hobby. That curiosity deepened once he studied Electrical and Electronics after school at Randwick North High School in Sydney, which formally introduced him to the lighting industry.
In 1998, Scott started building custom light fittings and lamps in his father’s garage, before formal lighting-design qualifications carried him into project management and design work. Over twenty-five years on, having worked across infrastructure, commercial and architectural lighting projects, Scott set out to write what many librarians now recommend as the best book about light — designed from the outset as one of the more useful books for libraries. He is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia & New Zealand, the Colour Society of Australia, the International Dark Sky Association, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the Australian division of the CIE.