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How lenses and mirrors affect light and vision
images formed by convex and concave lenses common lenses curve generator polarized lenses Figure 8: Lens aberrations. double convex lens convex and concave lenses: bending light focal length of a lens Figure 5: The Gauss theory (see text).
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How lenses and mirrors affect light and vision
Explanation of the refraction of light through different lenses.
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Understand how a pinhole focuses light and why lenses are better than pinholes
Learn how a pinhole can focus light and about the advantages of lenses over pinholes.
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images formed by convex and concave lenses
Ray diagrams show the types of images formed by convex and concave lenses. The characteristics...
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common lenses
(Left) Cross sections of standard forms of common lenses. (Right) Refraction of light...
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curve generator
Cross section of a curve generator for (left) concave and (right) convex surfaces.
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polarized lenses
Polarized lenses selectively block light of horizontal orientation—resulting in a...
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Figure 8: Lens aberrations.
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double convex lens
A double convex lens, or converging lens, focuses the diverging, or blurred, light...
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convex and concave lenses: bending light
Convex and concave lenses bending light.
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focal length of a lens
Focal length of a lens.
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Figure 5: The Gauss theory (see text).
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magnification
A lens magnifying an object.
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