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Tag: Specular Reflection

The Saga of Light, Part 4: Graphene for TVs, How to See Through Things and The Colour of Gold

Why graphene is good for TVs. Why NASA is lying to you. How to see through things. How can something be black and shiny. All this and more in this post about light moving through materials.

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The Saga of Light, Part 3: Invisible Bones, Invisible Beads and Why Mirrors Aren’t White

How to make bones invisible. How white things *aren’t* a mirror, despite what the internet might tell you. How light isn’t as strange as you think. All this and more in this post on the behaviour of light at a surface.

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