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Natural Sciences · Intermediate
Telescopes & Microscopes
How do telescopes reveal galaxies and microscopes reveal cells? Learn why angles matter more than sizes, why bigger mirrors see fainter and sharper, why no lens can see infinitely small details, how astronomers linked dishes across the globe to photograph a black hole, why the atmosphere blurs and how adaptive optics fixes it, and what a camera's f-number really means.
7 lessons~35 min0/7 complete
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1
Seeing More
Angles, magnification and light.
2
The Limits of Sharpness
Diffraction, microscopes and interferometers.
3
Real-World Optics
The atmosphere and cameras.