Light: The Extraordinary Energy That Illuminates Our World

This [book] maintains a sense of wonder at the phenomenon it is describing while conveying a great deal of accurate and appropriately detailed information. Sanfelippo’s bright line and soft color illustrations use fanciful forms and varied perspectives to convey complex ideas… . Science is artistic and enthralling here.—Kirkus ReviewsIn this informal but not simplistic discourse, physicist Wade explains what light is and how it behaves… .There’s much here for younger readers to absorb and reflect on.—Booklist

Dr. Jess Wade is an award-winning physicist specializing in plastic electronics and a trailblazing campaigner for inclusion in STEAM fields. The author of Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small, she won the Early Career Physics Communicator Award and Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal for her outstanding research and widely covered activism, which includes writing more than 1,200 Wikipedia pages in a year for women and people of color working in science. Dr. Jess Wade lives in London.

Ana Sanfelippo is an Argentinian illustrator, graphic and pattern designer, and letter artist whose books for young readers include the SEN Superpower series by Tracy Packiam Alloway. She lives in Madrid.