Let There Be Light
Like electrons, visible light behaves both as particles & as these flowing fields
Waves
Blow up a balloon
Inflate
It was the first full year of the Great Depression
1930
He famously said, "Give me liberty or give me death" before wearing leather as the Fonz on "Happy Days"
Patrick Henry Winkler
To cook food by slow boiling, perhaps in one's own juice.
Stew
Using just a few pieces of plastic cut from an old CD case, you can turn your smartphone into a projector of these 3-D images.
Hologram
In an election it's the person who currently holds the office
Incumbent
The Boston Massacre left 5 dead & several injured
1770
Shakespeare comedy that's cooked until all the red in the steak is gone & the meat is 170 degrees internally
All's Well That Ends Well Done
I say potato, you say...
Spud
Without this process by which light is converted to chemical energy, Earth would be populated only by bacteria
Photosynthesis
1,2,3,4, etc
Integers
The Environmental Protection agency was established
1970
Current slang term for a scornful glance at the optometrist's test for visual acuity
A side eye exam
Japanese wrestling
Sumo
This phenomenon is the change in direction of a ray of light as it moves from one medium into another.
Refraction
A colorful Duke Ellington tune is called "Mood" this
Indigo
Rome hosted the Summer Olympics
1960
An Ancient Egyptian collection of funerary texts that is a Robin Williams film with the message "Carpe diem"
the Book of the Dead Poets Society
To influence someone's opinion, or to move to & fro
Sway
It's the 1-word title of Isaac Newton's landmark 1704 treatise on light.
Opticks
From the Italian for "to cut", it's a method in which images are carved into metal plates to make prints.
Intaglio
19 years after his death, Napoleon's remains were returned to France where he was given a state funeral & a new resting place
1840
A historic "Cross of Gold" orator decides to make a meth of things as a "Breaking Bad" star
William Jennings Bryan Cranston
Fine sand or soil deposited as sediment
Silt