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bestow ⪢⪢
Since we've been able to look up at the Sun, we've been aware of light. As darkness is one of very few things that we instinctually fear, we have always bestowed light with godlike properties.
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infrared ⪢⪢
Light with the longer wavelength than the reddest red our eyes can see is called infrared light.
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James Clerk Maxwell ⪢⪢
Figures like Newton and Huygens worked with light in the 17th century but a more sophisticated description of light which we call classical electromagnetism was developed largely by James Clerk Maxwell in the 19th century.
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shine on ⪢⪢
Things that look white are reflecting almost all of the visible light shining on them. Things that look black are absorbing almost all of the visible light shining on them.
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ultraviolet ⪢⪢
Light with the shorter wavelength than the most violet violet we can see is called ultraviolet.
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