Title: International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
Description: The United Nations declared 2015 as the International Year of Light and
Light-based Technologies. The yearlong celebrations are aimed at stimulating
worldwide interest in light and related sciences and technologies. The year
2015 marks the 1000th anniversary since the appearance of the remarkable
seven volume treatise on optics written by the great Arabic scientist Ibn
al-Haytham. The book traces the history of optics from the ancient Greek to the modern. 
A detailed account of the medieval Arab contributions to optics
is presented. 
The impact of the Medieval Arab sciences on the European
renaissance is also covered briefly. 
Glimpses from the History of Medieval and Modern Optics are covered. 
Accelerator-based Light Sources are also described.
Subjects: International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies