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Article #38703-polarizer fun
From: Benjamin Weiner
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:46
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:46
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|> Surely you have seen (or done, find some friends with |>Polaroid sunglasses) the experiment where you have crossed (90 degree) |>polarizers and then insert one between them at 45 degrees and see it |>go from black to (dim) light. Same thing with electrons. | |This experiment had a very profound influence on me, ... | I guess that I am easily amused. Me too. I keep several 1-inch squares of Polaroid in my desk at home and try this out on my non-scientist friends every now and then, because it's such a cool thing. It usually gets people very interested.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!ruhets.rutgers.edu!bweiner From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: 3-polarizer fun Message-ID: <Sep.28.19.46.10.1992.13920@ruhets.rutgers.edu> Date: 28 Sep 92 23:46:11 GMT References: <1992Sep27.185539.594@prim> <10910@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> <28SEP199210275462@csa1.lbl.gov> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 12