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Polarization: Light Waves, Rainbows, and Cheap Sunglasses

Polarization: Light Waves, Rainbows, and Cheap Sunglasses

This video was recorded at MIT World Series: Family Adventures in Science and Technology Program. In this lecture taped before a live audience of elementary and middle school students and their families, MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin explains polarization, and demonstrates properties of light in rainbows, smoke and the sky. He answers the perennial question, "why is the sky blue?" and creates a red sunset in the laboratory.... Show More
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Material Type:
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Date Added to MERLOT:
February 10, 2015
Date Modified in MERLOT:
February 10, 2015
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The Open Education Consortium
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College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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