A Visual History of Light

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Published 2018-05-17
400,000 years ago, humans and Neanderthals created fire. This ignited a relationship between people and photons that changed the course of mankind—and continues to evolve to this day. Take a tour through the visual history of light. For a detailed timeline of light inventions throughout humanity, go here: www.theatlantic.com/video/index/560585/visual-hist…

For more on the relationship between humans and light, check out Stephen Ong's "The Evolution of Light": www.theatlantic.com/video/index/409378/the-evoluti…

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All Comments (21)
  • I was looking for some interesting content about lighting history used by humans and found this. Really good animation! I really like how you used 3D models and actual physics simulation. Furthermore you really put effort into showing a lot of different devices while making each one of them pretty accurately. I'm surprised it only has so many views and just 60 comments? I'm not writing comments often because usually videos have thousands of them. It is not perfect about the dates, but still really good.
  • @user-mt9yn2xb7m
    One of the first Of these to have human Motion and physics I also Like the music
  • @Nujabesme
    if there is fusion, there should also be Cherenkov Radiation
  • @MadMrMatter
    I vote neon for coolest light P.S. where does the sun fit into all this?
  • @44mbyrd
    I see that all lights are best also I want a reply 😄☑️