Light and Beyond - Lecture 1: Introduction to Optics and Geometrical Principles

Light and Beyond - Lecture 1: Introduction to Optics and Geometrical Principles

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Least time explains refraction

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Least time explains refraction

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Light and Beyond - Lecture 1: Introduction to Optics and Geometrical Principles

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  1. 1 TIME: Sundays, 10:00 am - 11:00 am Lecture, 11:30 am - pm Tutorials / discussions
  2. 2 Light and Beyond Lecture 1
  3. 3 Don't take optics lightly!
  4. 4 Evidence that optics is important
  5. 5 Practical reasons
  6. 6 X-ray crystallography
  7. 7 Interferometric imaging
  8. 8 Theoretical reasons
  9. 9 Geometrical optics in action
  10. 10 Fermat - a man of principle
  11. 11 Heron of Alexandria 1-70 CE
  12. 12 Least path for reflection?
  13. 13 Stationarity
  14. 14 The law of refraction
  15. 15 Least time explains refraction
  16. 16 Q&A

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