But he decided to study optics instead when he witnessed a rare glowing aurora one night and believed the effect to be caused by "invisible rays".

Peckham also studied optics and astronomy, and his studies in those subjects were influenced by Roger Bacon.

Vision interested the physicists Young and Helmholtz, who also studied optics, hearing and music.

In his spare time, he studied astronomy, optics, chemistry, and linguistics, and prided himself on his knowledge of science.

Funded activities include: student travel grants, special resources for university students studying optics, scholarships and classroom and extracurricular youth science education programs.

The word spectrum was first used by scientists studying optics.

She later studied botany, zoology, optics, religion, mining and mineralogy .

After E.O. Hulburt (1890-1982) arrived there in 1924 he studied physical optics.

He studied optics and founded a lens factory.

Barbaro studied philosophy, mathematics, and optics at the University of Padua.