LIGHT-BASED SCIENCE: TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THE LEGACY OF IBN AL-HAYTHAM

Features •Discusses light-based technology of the future •Covers LED lighting for sustainable development, global, atomic-scale time with new light sources, high technology, and vision science •Presents challenges with renewable energy, the global impact of photonics, and optical and photonic education technology •Provides examples and illustrations throughout the text •Written by leading experts in the field Summary This book discusses light-based science, emphasizing its pervasive influence in science, technology, policy, and education. A wide range of contributors offers a comprehensive study of the tremendous, and indeed foundational, contributions of Ibn al Haytham, a scholar from the medieval period. The analysis then moves into the future development of light-based technology.