Table of Contents

• 1: Where light comes from
• 2: Light on the move
• 3: Light and materials
• 4: Shadows
• 5: Flat mirrors
• 6: Curved mirrors
• 7: Bending light rays
• 8: The eye
• 9: Animal eyes
• 10: Colour in light
• 11: Colours in the sky
• 12: Mixing colour
• 13: Colours in animals
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Index

About the Author

Peter Riley was a science teacher for 25 years, 17 of them as Head of Science. His first book was published in 1981, and he has been a full-time author since 1996, with over 200 books published for children, students and teachers. He is the winner of the prestigious Schoolbook Award for Science in 2000, as well as being shortlisted for the Aventis Science Prize 2004 and nominated for the Educational Resources Award in 2009.