INTRODUCTION Are you afraid of the dark If you are you're definitely not alone But alongside the dark we also have bright brilliant light Darkness must not have been fun for ancient humans They couldn't see where they were going or what was coming at them Everything was unknown and scary Today we can light up the world with a flick of a switch
We can make bulbs change color by talking to them We can make objects glow in the dark like some animals do How did we get here A dark world needed some lit inventions So follow the lights as you make your way through this book and defeat the darkness with some epic inventions
Inside this book you'll meet some PROBLEMS with seeing in the dark and find out how we can solve them know more about the science behind the wonders of light in TELL ME WHY get a sneak peek at the inventions lighting up our lives every day in INVENTION CENTRAL take a journey through time from the earliest ideas to the latest and brightest technology in HOW DID WE GET TO learn unique ways to push away the darkness in MORE WAYS TO LIGHT UP find inspiration and illumination in NEXT LEVEL INVENTIONS come up with bright ideas for your own inventions in THINK LIKE AN INVENTOR Because yes YOU can be an inventor too Switch on your favorite light turn the page and start inventing
CHAPTER one LIGHTS ON You wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom but the lights are out As you make your way through your room in complete darkness you stub your toe on the table Ow Don't you wish you could see in the dark like a cat WHY CAN'T WE SEE IN THE DARK Our eyes need light to see and in the absence of light our brains can't process images of what's around us
