Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Professor Julius Sumner Miller stuns himself with his mathematical prowess while studying the physics of light and mirrors, in three classic episodes of ABC's Why It Is So from 1973. Stream more documentaries now on ABC iview: ab.co/ABCScienceDocos

00:00 - Part 1: How Light Moves
01:21 - The Professor's Senses
02:58 - The Shape of Light
06:00 - Travelling in Straight Lines
07:57 - Experiment 1: In the Dark
09:00 - A Quantum Prodigy

10:00 - Part 2: Double the Candle Power!
12:58 - Studying in the Dark
14:22 - Good Ol' H2O
15:29 - Experiment 2: The Photometer
17:24 - Checking Our Work
19:00 - One Lamp is Better

20:00 - Part 3: The Physics of Mirrors
22:30 - The Laws of Reflection
25:26 - The Mirror Image
27:16 - Infinity Mirrors

These three episodes of Why It Is So were first broadcast in 1973 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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