26 Aug 2024

The physics of light

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 26 August 2024

Professor Sir Michael Berry is one of the world's leading theoretical physicists with a special interest in light.

He's been in the country to deliver a lecture titled "The Physics of Light in Eighty Pictures", where he unveiled the hidden geometries behind rainbows, twinkling stars and sunlight reflections.

Later today, he will deliver a lecture on Geometrical optics illusions to staff and students at the University of Auckland. But first, he gives Jesse the lowdown.

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