Thursday, May 3, 2012

Importance of Index of Refraction

Okay so lets say you are stranded on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, right? All you have is your clothes which are torn from the shipwreck, no food.... no water...things aren’t looking good. So you decide to venture into the jungle in search of food better and find berries but what if they’re poisonous? Better not take a chance and eat them. You could end up dead in a matter of minutes so instead you decide to break a branch off a tree and create a spear since all you can manage to find are berries. You spend hours perfectly making it until its exactly how you want it then, you walk out into the water and start to look for fish you see one, aim your spear at it, and almost strike BUT WAIT you remember that the index of refraction is 1.33 that means that light is refracted in water, so you’ll have to readjust your aim before you try to stab the fish, since you remembered the importance of refraction, you caught the fish and were able to survive until you were rescued. The End.

2 comments:

  1. only you would put something like this up max. i am pretty sure that if someone got standed on an island that no one would remember refraction and they would get all pissed off when they couldnt kill the fish lol but now that i read this i will remenber next time i get stranded on an island.

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  2. Max this is such an inspiring story. Pure genius, if I do say so myself.

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