College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
6A10.35 - Mirrors - Perversion
Video Credit: Jonathan M. Sullivan-Wood
Hold any easily recognizable letter or word in front of the flat mirror and note that the reflection is entirely different.
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- Frank G. Karioris, "Demonstrating the Image in a Mirror", TPT, Vol. 20, # 7, Oct. 1982, p. 478.
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- Ob-9: Freier and Anderson, A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
- O-105: "Ambulance Behind You", DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.
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- Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay, and the staff of the Exploratorium, "Looking into Infinity", Exploratopia, p. 104.
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- Janice VanCleave, "46, Start Race", Teaching the Fun of Physics, p. 74.
- T. D. Rossing, C. J. Chiaverina, "Screw Viewed In a Mirror", Light Science, Physics and Visual Arts, p. 302.
- Sara Stein, "Amazing Maze", The Science Book, p. 198.
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