The Mysteries of Color and Light

What is nature’s favorite color? Why does a moonlit scene look blue-green? Is it really true that actual light has neither color nor brightness – and that everything you see happens strictly in your brain? We humans use vision more than any other sense. It’s the only way we gain knowledge of the universe. Yet science keeps revealing astounding, little-known realities about the visual cosmos in which we conduct our lives. In this life-changing program, astronomer Bob Berman uses amazing demonstrations to help us understand the realm of sight and color, the nature of light, and the latest discoveries about the Sun’s energy.

Bob Berman Bio: Author of twelve popular science books and astronomy editor of the Old Farmers Almanac, Bob Berman taught astrophysics at Marymount college in the 1990’s, was a guest on such national TV programs as The Today Show and Late Night with David Letterman, and has written and hosted the Strange Universe segment on National Public Radio for the past 25 years. He was Discover Magazine’s astronomy columnist from 1989-2006, and conducted the summer astronomy program at Yellowstone park for 17 years for the National Park Service and Yellowstone Institute.