2015: UNESCO International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
Light is one of the great sustainers of life on earth. For millenia we have revered the sun, the moon, the stars and shadows. Having the characteristics of both waves and particles, light also is one of the most baffling natural phenomena ever to the most learned people. Without us thinking about it much, light is directly involved in the production of our food (through photosynthesis), cooking, keeping warm, sight, enhanced sight, generating electricity, telecommunications