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Aug 2024
12m 19s

The physics of light

RNZ
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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 Geo ... Show More
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