TY - CHAP U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Curticapean, Dan T1 - University for Children – The Magic of Light T2 - Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) N2 - The University for Children is a very successful event aiming to spark children‧s interest in science, in this particular lecture in Optics and Photonics. It is from brain research that we know about the significant dependence of successful learning on the fun factor. Researchers in this field have shown that knowledge acquired with fun is stored for a longer time in the long-term memory and can be used both more efficiently and more creatively [1], [2]. Such an opportunity to inspire the young generation for science must not be wasted. The world of Photonics and Optics provides us with a nearly inexhaustible source of opportunities of this kind. Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/ETOP.2009.ESA5 DO - https://doi.org/10.1364/ETOP.2009.ESA5 SP - 12 S1 - 12 CY - Washington, DC ER -