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More On Twinkling, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
More On Twinkling, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Terry L. Smith
Addendum to Why Magnification Works , The Physics Teacher, 1994, 32, 102.
Why Magnification Works, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Why Magnification Works, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Terry L. Smith
The simplest way to magnify the view of a small object is to bring the object closer to the eye, and of course science teachers know about magnifying glasses, telescopes, and microscopes.But why magnification works seems intuitive and is not usually explained to our students. We present here a few ideas on magnification that we use in our classroom and some general information on vision that we hope will be helpful to other teachers.