Cambridge University Library (the UL) | The origins of colour @CamUniLib | Uploaded September 2019 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Isaac Newton's youthful experiments with sunlight and prisms established an
entirely new basis for the understanding of light and colour. His
manuscript collections in Cambridge University Library hold crucial clues
to how he worked. This film uses this invaluable evidence to explore
Newton's remarkable notebooks and experimental explorations at Cambridge
and at his Lincolnshire home.
Link:
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1
Presented by Simon Schaffer.
Produced by Katrina Dean and Huw Jones.
Camera and Editing by Blazej Mikula.
Support team: Amélie Deblauwe and Mark Box
Filmed at:Cambridge University Library, Woolsthorpe Manor
Music by: Countless Skies - countlessskies.com
Isaac Newton's youthful experiments with sunlight and prisms established an
entirely new basis for the understanding of light and colour. His
manuscript collections in Cambridge University Library hold crucial clues
to how he worked. This film uses this invaluable evidence to explore
Newton's remarkable notebooks and experimental explorations at Cambridge
and at his Lincolnshire home.
Link:
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1
Presented by Simon Schaffer.
Produced by Katrina Dean and Huw Jones.
Camera and Editing by Blazej Mikula.
Support team: Amélie Deblauwe and Mark Box
Filmed at:Cambridge University Library, Woolsthorpe Manor
Music by: Countless Skies - countlessskies.com
