[extropy-chat] ART: optics, mirrors and flying frogs

scerir scerir at libero.it
Sun Aug 13 21:37:24 UTC 2006


Among professor (sir) Michael Berry's webpages
(yes the man of the 'Berry phase' and of the
'quantum fractals') it is sometimes possible
to find interesting images. 
http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/people/berry_mv/gallery.html

But prof. Berry is also much interested in caustics, 
and in magic mirror images ...
-papers (pdf)
http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/people/berry_mv/the_papers/berry383.pdf
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512139
-images
http://www.grand-illusions.com/magicmirror/magmir1.htm
http://suhasinigururaja.blogspot.com/2006/08/talks-contd-makyoh-images.html
http://www.docbug.com/Pictures/Makyoh/index.html

Not to mention here that prof. Berry levitates frogs, 
and strawberries too
-images, movies 
http://www.hfml.science.ru.nl/froglev.html
http://www.hfml.science.ru.nl/levitation-more.html
http://www.hfml.science.ru.nl/levitation-movies.html
-explanation here (pdf)
http://www.hfml.science.ru.nl/frog-ejp.pdf

 





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