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- Applications Of Light: Scanners - Tutorial with bibliography.
Users.PcNet.Ro/luly2002
- Fraunhofer Lines - Prominent Fraunhofer lines in the spectrum of the sun are shown, together with their corresponding wavelengths. Very pretty!
www.harmsy.freeuk.com/fraunhofer.html
- History of Optics - Timeline of optics-related historical moments.
members.aol.com/WSRNet/D1/hist.htm
- How Stuff Works: Light - Seven-segment detailed explanation uses drawings and animations to show how light works and how photons are generated, with many related links.
www.howstuffworks.com/light.htm
- Moiré Phenomenon - A book and a downloadable moire demonstration kit for printing on transparencies.
diwww.epfl.ch/w3lsp/books/moire/index.html
- Nanoptics, Inc., Fiberoptic Tutorial - History, theory and use of fiber optics.
www.nanoptics.com/tutorial.htm
- Oatmeal Box Pinhole Photography - Photo gallery plus directions to make a pinhole camera, take pictures and develop them. Also, links to other pinhole camera sites.
users.rcn.com/stewoody
- Optical Fibres Project - How optical fibers work, and information on reflection, refraction, Snell's Law, total internal reflection and critical angles.
physix_jun.tripod.com
- Optics Exercises and Tutorial - (Univ of Florida). A sample electronic lecture or worksheet.
www.phys.ufl.edu/~selman/Demo1.html
- Optics for Kids - An overview of the basics of optics suitable for elementary school children. Also discusses careers in science and engineering.
www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html
- Polarized Light - Fascinating facts about polarized light, from rainbows to beetles, from viking navigation to LCD displays. Myths and truth about polarized sunglasses. Also a shop with polarized-only items.
www.polarization.com
- Reflections In Choppy Water - Why does light reflecting off a lake or ocean appear to be "smeared" into a long strip?.
b435-boas.stanford.edu/home/science/water_reflection/index.html
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) - Learn about the scanning electron microscope and its uses.
www.mos.org/sln/SEM
- Sighting the First Sense - Introduction to light. Topics touched upon include reflection, refraction, inteference and includes interactive applets to demonstrate theories. Designed by students for the ThinkQuest Internet Challenge 2000.
library.thinkquest.org/C001464/cgi-bin/view.cgi?show_item=cl
- The Speed of Light - Describes how the speed of light was measured. Includes curriculum-based science quizzes about light for K-12 (grades 4 to 7) students.
www.what-is-the-speed-of-light.com
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