Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.
Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.
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I have what may be a dumb question that is driving me nuts. It's for a scene in a story.
If you have a two-story mansion, and a few yards in front of the mansion is a pond of water, could you stand by the pond and see a reflection of the mansion on the water? And on which side would you need to stand? The side opposite the mansion?
Thanks for your help.
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Laz. Look down the hallway. It shrinks in the distance. As things move away they get smaller because of parallax. The light coming to your eyes come from a longer and longer triangle.
I call this relativity of dimension.
About your question: try to imagine where the direction of light reaching your eyes is coming from. I don't know if it will help though.
Mitch Raemsch
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Thanks. I found the answer (I think) at Wikipedia (article on reflection.) The first pic there answered my question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection_%28physics%29
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Relativity of dimension is hardly ever talked about. MC Escher had to understant it I think.
Why do things shrink when you move away from them. Why does space "interval" shrink in the distance? I believe the contemplating of that will give us a deeper understanding relating to space.
Mitch Raemsch
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