[KPIPA March Recommended Books]⑥ 'When Light Becomes Fascination'

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] The Korea Publication Culture Industry Promotion Agency's Book Sharing Committee announced seven titles, including Horangi Saengilnalireotda (Urihakgyo), as the "Recommended Books of March 2022."

The Book Sharing Committee is composed of experts from various fields. To expand publishing demand and promote reading culture, it introduces books in seven categories?literature, humanities and arts, social sciences, natural sciences, practical/general, picture books and fairy tales, and youth?each month along with recommendations.

The "Recommended Books of March" include seven titles: Horangi Saengilnalireotda (Urihakgyo), Adolescent Philosophy Journey (Chorokseojae), #Gender_Novels: Hashtag Literary Selection (Munhakgwa Jiseongsa), The Humanities of Poop (Yeoksabipyungsa), Women Should Also Serve in the Military (Dongnyeok), When Light Becomes Fascination (Influential), and Game Treatment Manual for Everyone (Hankyoreh Publishing).

The Book Sharing Committee members include Chairperson Jung Subok (sociologist), Kwon Bokgyu (professor at Ewha Womans University College of Medicine), Ryu Daesung (writer), Jo Gyeongran (novelist), Jin Taewon (professor at Sungkonghoe University), Choi Hyunmi (reporter at Munhwa Ilbo), and Pyo Jeonghun (critic).

Detailed information about the Book Sharing Committee’s recommended books and recommendations can be found on the Publication Promotion Agency’s website or the Dokseoin website.

When Light Becomes Fascination | Seo Mina | Influential | 280 pages | 17,500 KRW

The cover itself is captivating. The author, Professor Seo Mina, is a physicist by training and also a painter who paints on her days off. Her research topic is light, and this book is both a scientific exploration of light and an aesthetic inquiry into painting, an art made possible by light. In her hands, art history is reborn as the history of the science of light. From Newton’s color revolution to quantum mechanics, from Impressionism to hyperrealism, this book follows the journeys of scientists who studied light alongside contemporary painters. The beautiful paintings and artworks featured throughout harmonize wonderfully with the various scientific explanations of light’s properties. Questions such as what it means to see, whether the invisible can exist, what determines the future, and whether light is a trace of time are explored chapter by chapter with the author. Readers will experience a harmony of scientific reason and artistic sensitivity that penetrates the deep inner world of objects.

- Kwon Bokgyu, Professor, Department of Medical Education, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine

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