Museum curator Lars Occhionero of Kroppedal Museum takes a closer look at Ole Rømer, the Danish astronomer who showed that light has a speed. This year marks 350 years since that discovery, and the talk explores how the finding was received, some of the researchers who doubted it, and the early enthusiasm of Isaac Newton.
The evening also asks what light actually is: particles or waves, and why it matters so much to science. Rømer's life is part of the story too, from his beginnings as a seafarer's son in Aarhus to his role as one of the most powerful men in the kingdom and a trusted royal official.
