What is the name for the study of light and the principles underlying light and vision?
International Year of Light was a pioneering scientific thinker who made important contributions to the understanding of vision, optics, and light. Today, many consider him a pivotal figure in the history of optics and the "Father of modern optics". He was the first person to explain that vision occurs when light bounces on an object and then is directed to one's eyes. Ibn Al-Haytham was one of the earliest scientists to study the characteristics of light and the mechanism/process of vision. He sought experimental proof of his theories and ideas. During many years living in Egypt, he composed one of his most celebrated works,
By the Light of the Study Lamp endpages. The series drew interest again so subsequent volumes were updated and released, with spine symbols, until the publication of a new volume (already written and set for printing in 1945) in 1952; new volumes were released once a year. In 1962, the Dana Girls switched to cream or beige spined picture covers, and went out of print in late 1968. "By the Light of the Study Lamp" was allowed to go out of print at that time. By the Light of the Study Lamp By the Light of the Study Lamp is the first book in The Dana Girls