Suntan (and other solar trigonometric functions)

• John Adam ^[1]
  1. [1] Old Dominion University

     Old Dominion University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 63, Nº. 2, 2025, págs. 129-129
• Idioma: inglés
• Enlaces
  • Texto completo
• Resumen

  • I walk daily to my office and back during the week (except when the weather is atrocious). On clear sunny days, especially during the summer months, I’m exposed to a lot of sunlight, particularly on the left side of my face as I walk in a southerly direction in the mornings. Walking home, of course, still exposes the same side to more direct sunlight. Perhaps I should walk backward on the way home …