Analysis of an Unusual Mirror in a 16th-Century Painting: A Museum Exercise for Physics Students

• Sudha Swaminathan ^[1] ; Frank Lamelas ^[1]
  1. [1] Worcester State University

     Worcester State University

     City of Worcester, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 55, Nº. 4, 2017, págs. 214-216
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Physics students at Worcester State University visit the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) at the end of a special 100-level course called Physics in Art. The students have studied geometrical optics, and they have been introduced to concepts in atomic physics. The purpose of the museum tour is to show how physics-based techniques can be used in a nontraditional lab setting. Other examples of the use of museum-based art in physics instruction include analyses of Pointillism and image resolution, and of reflections in soap bubbles in 17- and 18th-century paintings.