Physics Girl: Tricky Spoon Riddle - What happens to your reflection if you bend a spoon inward?


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Content of the Lesson: Physics Girl riddle: what happens to your image if you bend a spoon from concave to convex? Check out Antarctic Extremes on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTc If you like riddles, check out these: Can you solve the boat puzzle? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVT1c0tr8NE Which tank fills first? ft. Simone Giertz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxbuFwW5f-Q Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern Editor: Levi Butner Animations: Levi Butner, Keegan Larwin and Dillon Berger Research: Sophia Chen Consulting: Dan Walsh Special thanks to our Sally Ride level patrons: Alejandro Gutierrez, Brian O'Connell, Darkbit, David Cichowski, Edi, Fabrice Eap, Henning Bitsch, Kenneth Hunter, Margaux Lopez, and Zalster. Join the Physics Girl Patreon community! ►► https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl More Physics Girl: http://physicsgirl.org/ http://twitter.com/thephysicsgirl http://facebook.com/thephysicsgirl http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern Editor: Levi Butner Research & Writing: Dianna & Imogen Ashford Sources: Halliday Resnick and Walker, Chapter 36, starting on pg. 1140 https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/RayTrace/Mirrors.html Images: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann14010a/ credit: ESO https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1152/ credit: ESO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_optics#/media/File:A_Laser_Strike_at_the_Galactic_Center.jpg


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