Photons

A photon is in the same time a wave and a particle! It's fascinating to see how important the role of the observer is (and the implication it has on Schrodinger's cat ;-) Work in progress about a new kind of particles chamber to visualize the wave-particle duality of photons...

Newton's prism and the color spectrum. No it's not Pink Floyd who invented that ;-)

Same thing. Decomposition of the white light in colors.

Sun rays on a spider's web.

Decomposition of white light into streaks of color in a spider thread.

One more, because I love this!

McLennan Physical Laboratories of the University of Toronto

Light and Math - Momath - New York

Darkroom for camera obscura.

Camera obscura: Take photos without camera and imprison photons in a tin can.

Same thing.

Coffee tin instead of my traditional camera. #how to look weird class 101

Dissecting white light with a spectrometer. By the way, I'm really in love with Fraunhofer lines in astronomy.

Oh a prism again... What surprise! But here he is with some laser.

Tests at Muir wood in California. Photo takes by my son.

Centre des sciences de Montréal with my classroom.

Naval radar - USS Midway - San Diego

I let you find... Clues: it's both in space and on earth ...

Personal laser maze in the garage. Some tests with mica, polarizing filters, paper, mirror, prisms etc.

Personal laser maze. My little pleasure is to change laser colors, and try to make geometric shapes with mirrors and prisms. Next step build a laser microscope :-)

Hologram generator for Iphone with recycled plastic. #to remember: when your teenagers think you're really cool

Constructive and destructive interference in bubble soap (normally it's a video, sorry for the quality). Next time I will try with a laser to see how he moves in bubbles. Will he force the passage and bend or push the bubbles? Stay with us, we'll know it in the next episode.

Ghost Lightbulb. You see it, but it's just an illusion... University of Toronto.

Ghost Lightbulb 2.

My personal rainbow maker.

Teleprojector for Iphone in a shoe box. #MacGiver is back

Some test with a laser, water and protractor... very boring by the way... #Snell's law is boring #I need to retry

Spectro kit in the kitchen.

Polarizing Tape Demo Kit with acetate sheets and polarizing filters.

Polarizing Tape Demo Kit

The sun, long, wide and across ... Alone, with Mercury, with its rays, in H-Alpha mode, in white light ... I took it under all the seams with special filters (don't look Sun without specific material!). I was lucky to see sunrise and sunset every day for three years. I can made a website just for him... By the way a sunset on earth is just an illusion...his light is far away since eight minutes...

Light and infinity... Homemade box.

Light and math - Exhibition Momath - New York 2018

Morpho DIDIUS dead in the garden: His colors change with light and angles but he’s the same butterfly on every photo.

My favorite artists, for the moment, are Chihuly and Yayoi Kusama. I had the big chance to see their exhibitions in Toronto. So if you like light and the notion of infinity take a look on the work of Yayoi Kusama. She is a real inspiration. My favorite video clip is "Lover of the light" by Mumford & Sons.

Light and math - Exhibition Momath - New York 2018

Exploratorium - San Francisco. Explications next image.

Exploratorium - San Francisco

3D standing wave machine in the bathroom.

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