The Magic World of Mirrors

Eli Maor
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Eli Maor: Oakland University, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Chapter 19 in To Infinity and Beyond, 1987, pp 149-154 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Everyone has, at one time or another, been fascinated by mirrors. Even animals. I remember once watching a cat staring with puzzlement at a mirror, no doubt wondering who that other fellow cat behind the shiny surface was. The laws of optics play here a subtle trick: a ray of light falling on a mirror is reflected at exactly the same angle at which it hit the mirror1, creating the illusion that a hidden object appears from behind the mirror (Fig. 19.1).

Keywords: Reflection Symmetry; Hide Object; Shiny Surface; American Artist; Repeated Reflection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5394-5_19

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