Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
There is something about a black swan or something? And it involves oil rigs? Then there is lots of talk about refraction.
So let's look at the first principles of refraction: we'll derive Snell's law empirically and discuss the implications.
Lots of links for you:
Firstly, Walter Bislin is a pillar in this little community and if you haven't then you should go to his website. Derivation for expressions describing atmospheric refraction
http://walter.bislins.ch/bloge/index.asp?page=Deriving+Equations+for+Atmospheric+Refraction
And a simulation:
http://walter.bislins.ch/bloge/index.asp?page=Simulation+of+Atmospheric+Refraction#H_Refraction_Coefficient
The rather cool Nature paper is here if you are interested:
nature.com/articles/17561
Thank you all for watching!
You can find me on twitter at: twitter.com/science_ab
I’m now on Patreon as well: patreon.com/ABscience
There is something about a black swan or something? And it involves oil rigs? Then there is lots of talk about refraction.
So let's look at the first principles of refraction: we'll derive Snell's law empirically and discuss the implications.
Lots of links for you:
Firstly, Walter Bislin is a pillar in this little community and if you haven't then you should go to his website. Derivation for expressions describing atmospheric refraction
http://walter.bislins.ch/bloge/index.asp?page=Deriving+Equations+for+Atmospheric+Refraction
And a simulation:
http://walter.bislins.ch/bloge/index.asp?page=Simulation+of+Atmospheric+Refraction#H_Refraction_Coefficient
The rather cool Nature paper is here if you are interested:
nature.com/articles/17561
Thank you all for watching!
You can find me on twitter at: twitter.com/science_ab
I’m now on Patreon as well: patreon.com/ABscience
