Code Number: 6A10.35
Demo Title: Mirrors - Perversion
Condition: Excellent
Principle: Reflections - Perversion
Area of Study: Optics
Equipment:
Large Mirror Demo.
Procedure:
Hold any easily recognizable letter or word in front of the flat mirror and note that the reflection is entirely different.
References:
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- Alan J. DeWeerd and S. Eric Hill, "Reflections on Handedness", TPT, Vol. 42, # 5, May 2004, p. 275.
- Martin Gardner, "Physics Trick of the Month: A Mirror Paradox", TPT, Vol. 32, # 7, p. 404, Oct. 1994.
- Igal Galili, Fred Goldberg, "Left-Right Conversions in a Plane Mirror", TPT, Vol. 31, # 8, Nov. 1993, p. 463.
- Frank G. Karioris, "Demonstrating the Image in a Mirror", TPT, Vol. 20, # 7, Oct. 1982, p. 478.
- Kenneth W. Ford, "Why is Your Image in a Plane Mirror Inverted Left-to-Right but Not Top-to-Bottom?", TPT, Vol. 13, # 4, Apr. 1975, p. 228.
- Jearl Walker, "6.60, You in a Looking Glass", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 264.
- Ob-9: Freier and Anderson, A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
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- Charles Vivian, "Mirror Writing", Science Experiments & Amusements For Children, p. 84.
- Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay, and the staff of the Exploratorium, "Looking into Infinity", Exploratopia, p. 104.
- Martin Gardner, "The Crooked Path", Entertaining Science Experiments with Everyday Objects, p. 26.
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- 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.
Video Credit: Jonathan M. Sullivan-Wood