Chapter 23: Light: Geometric Optics
Online Destinations


The World Wide Web was created for physicists at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics). It remains a major resource for learning about physics, both as a subject and as a community of scholars. Best of all, it's fun!


Chapter 23 Resources


Rainbows and Physics
Magic With 'Smoke and Mirrors'
More Mirror Magic From The Exploratorium
Optics For Bird Watchers
Snell—Who He Was
Ray Tracing
Fibre Optics and all that
Optics Tutorial
Formulas Everywhere

Major Physics Resources


A Great Place to Learn about the History of Physics
The SuperList of Physics Sites from EINET
The Yahoo Physics Site
How Things Work

Useful and Fun Places


Physics Experiments You Can Do Online
Ask Dr. Math Your Physics Questions


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