How to see the polarisation of light with your naked eyes*
Thursday, December 9th, 2004 01:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lethargic_manhttp://www.polarization.com/haidinger/haidinger.html
* Or at least, allegedly. I've just spent several minutes staring at a piece of paper without seeing anything; but I was pointed at this site from that of a professor of physics at MIT, so it's unlikely to be a hoax. Also, the site does say it's best to practice with fully polarised light; and I don't have a polariser.
* Or at least, allegedly. I've just spent several minutes staring at a piece of paper without seeing anything; but I was pointed at this site from that of a professor of physics at MIT, so it's unlikely to be a hoax. Also, the site does say it's best to practice with fully polarised light; and I don't have a polariser.
