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You Don't Know How Mirrors Work

The Science Asylum
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Mirrors are weird. To truly understand them, we'll need not only ray and wave optics, but also photons, wave functions, probability, and quantum mechanics. Brilliant for 20% off: https://brilliant.org/ScienceAsylum ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Quantum Wave Functions:    • Quantum Wave Functions: What's Actually Wa...   Where Does Light Come From?    • Where Does Light Come From? (Electrodynamics)   How do we KNOW light is a wave?    • How do we KNOW light is a wave?   ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Physics Girl on Mirrors:    • Why do mirrors flip horizontally (but not ...   Vsauce on Mirrors:    • What Color Is A Mirror?      • INSIDE a Spherical Mirror   ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon:   / scienceasylum   Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): http://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/a... Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ …...more
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You Don't Know How Mirrors Work
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2019Nov 12
Mirrors are weird. To truly understand them, we'll need not only ray and wave optics, but also photons, wave functions, probability, and quantum mechanics. Brilliant for 20% off: https://brilliant.org/ScienceAsylum ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Quantum Wave Functions:    • Quantum Wave Functions: What's Actually Wa...   Where Does Light Come From?    • Where Does Light Come From? (Electrodynamics)   How do we KNOW light is a wave?    • How do we KNOW light is a wave?   ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Physics Girl on Mirrors:    • Why do mirrors flip horizontally (but not ...   Vsauce on Mirrors:    • What Color Is A Mirror?      • INSIDE a Spherical Mirror   ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon:   / scienceasylum   Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): http://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/a... Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: http://shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceas... ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE PATRONS Warden of the Asylum: YDT Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor Asylum Orderlies: Daniel Bahr, William Morton, LT MarshMan Einsteinium Crazies: Albert B. Cannon, Wacky, Ken Davis, Ilya Yashin, Eoin O'Sullivan Plutonium Crazies: JKLMN Anderson, Al Davis, Kevin MacLean Platinum Crazies: Mr. Orn Jonasar, Rick Dinning, Eugene Boone, Fletch, Felipe Cruz, Vittorio Monaco, Stephen Blinn, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/... http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/... http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.ed... http://vega.org.uk/video/subseries/8 Optics by Hecht https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=n... ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS It's Okay To Be Smart:    • Photosynthesis is WAY Crazier than you Think!   Quantum Entanglement:    • The Quantum Experiment that ALMOST broke L...      • The Quantum Experiment that ALMOST broke L...      • The Quantum Experiment that ALMOST broke L...      • The Quantum Experiment that ALMOST broke L...   ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Albert Einstein: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... "Julie Lebrun" by Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Animated Black Hole: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13326

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The Science Asylum

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