In this extract from the new book Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science, science writer Philip Ball explains how Isaac Newton transformed our understanding of light.

The film explores the properties of light, including reflection and refraction, through various experiments. It demonstrates how light travels in straight lines, how mirrors can reflect images ...

From rainbows made indoors to lasers dancing across mirrors, these light experiments transform simple science into ...

In our science experiment today, we look at a disappearing coin trick, which really is no trick at all. It illustrates density and refraction.

Light lets us see things, but did you know light can make things disappear, too? Meteorologist Ray Petelin has a simple experiment that shows this in action.