«A wonderful synthesis and a joy of reading. I had not enjoyed a book so much for a long time. [...] An extraordinary work. »Oliver Sacks« Arthur Zajonc, researcher and professor of physics who has spent years deepening in the relationships between science, art and meditation. »Antonio Iturbe, Librújula« The eye is the encounter between light of nature and the light of the mind. Better than eye, vision. »Alejandro Gándara, El Mundo« A suggestive compendium of revelations about light, where they combine in an elegant and multifaceted way, science, art, poetry and intuitions of the past. »Read« This book is a rigorous and entertained by the concepts with which light has been captured over the centuries. "José María Parreño," El Cultural ", El Mundo Light is the greatest enigma that man has faced. From the philosophers of antiquity to the specialists in quantum physics of the present, nothing has surprised and captivated more the human being than the fleeting nature of light. Arthur Zajonc invites us in this book to undertake a fascinating journey through history through the different attempts that have been made to understand the phenomenon of light. With meticulous and eloquent clarity, Zajonc takes us into the realm of mythology, religion, science, literature and painting to reveal the enormous struggle that our species has maintained to determine the vital connection that exists between the external light of the nature and the inner light of the human spirit.