El Año Internacional de la Luz y las Tecnologías Basadas en Luz 2015 fue una iniciativa global adoptada por las Naciones Unidas. Numerosas organizaciones culturales, académicas, industriales y gubernamentales alrededor del mundo unieron fuerzas para celebrar la luz y crear conciencia sobre las muchas maneras en que la fotónica impacta nuestras vidas en áreas como la energía, educación, cambio climático, salud y bienestar social. De la iniciativa resultaron miles de actividades que involucraron a millones de personas en más de 100 países del mundo. Los temas de este volumen surgieron a lo largo de 2015 como los más relevantes y con mayor interés. Se espera que este libro se convierta en un documento de consulta básica y un legado imborrable.

A stunning visual exploration of the power and behavior of light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Light allows humans to see things around us, but we can only see a sliver of all the light in the universe, also known as the electromagnetic spectrum. Renowned science communicators Kim Arcand and Megan Watzke bring the entire spectrum to life and present the subject of light as never before. Organized along the order of the electromagnetic spectrum--from Radio waves to Gamma rays--each chapter focuses on a different type of light. From ultraviolet light, used in microscopy to image plant cells and bacteria, to X-rays, which let us peer inside the human body and view areas around black holes in deep space, Arcand and Watzke show us all the important ways light impacts us. With hundreds of stunning full-color photographs, including new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, Light is a joy to read and browse.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic surged across the globe, several decades of unprecedented population shifts created a worldwide “asylum crisis” that impacted millions of children and the educators that support them worldwide (Pinson & Arnot, 2007). Pandemic-era teaching, with all of its challenges, arrived on the heels of massive refugees’ resettlement across communities in the U.S. Light Through a Prism explores stories of K-12 educators committed to social justice pedagogy, especially with refugee and displaced students, as they navigate the complexities of pandemic-era schooling. It raises awareness of these students’ unique strengths and needs and focuses on the personal and professional knowledge, skills, and resources upon which educators draw.

A Light Through the Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen is the true interview-style story of a transgendered woman who triumphed through the hustle of the "sidewalk". Despite the odds working against her in the streets of Miami... Even at an early age, Ts Madison listened to the voice of the person living inside of her. The only way to live through the vicariousness of her dreams was to become the woman she was called to be. Not only to gain the attention of men that she had an insatiable attraction for, but also to truly become free from society's standards. The acts of love, trust, deceit, friendships and the greatness of faith exceed the depths of experiences of the average person. This is an inspiring story of a person who turned a huge amount of shade and turned it into a universe of glowing light. This is the story of a boy who transitioned into a Queen.

Rooted in folklore, medieval ideals of chivalry, and the last gallant strugglesof the British against the Saxon invaders, the legends of King Arthur have been told in song and story since the middle ages. When Percival comes to Camelot and Galahad sits in the Seat Perilous, as Merlin foretold, the quest for the Holy Grail scatters Arthur's Knights far and wide, bringing death to many and bitter disappointment to the great Lancelot . . .