How Much Do You Know About Light?
Light is the thing we use every waking second and have never once looked into. There are no formulas in this series. One surprise per piece, starting with why an apple is red and ending at the first light of the universe. Written for people who did not study science.
Leg 1 · Why the Apple Is Red — We Have Never Seen an Object
Leg 2 · Why Does a Mirror Flip Left and Right? It Never Did
Leg 3 · Why the Sky Is Blue and the Sunset Red
Leg 4 · The Sun You See Is Eight Minutes Old
Leg 5 · Why Is the Night Sky Dark?
Leg 6 · The Eye Is a Very Narrow Window
Leg 7 · Particle or Wave — The Answer Is Both
- 91801Thomas Young · The double slit
- 101905Einstein · The photoelectric effect
- 111924Louis de Broglie · Matter waves