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Additional POINTERS to REVIEW aside from the Modules and PPT

Read the theories and Laws proposed by the following scientists


a. Nicolaus Copernicus
b. Galileo
c. Aristotle
d. Geocentric and Heliocentric Theory
e. Tycho Brahe - Brahe catalogued over 1000 stars. He also proved that comets
were not just components of Earth's atmosphere, but actual objects traveling
through space. Brahe showed irregularities in the Moon's orbit and discovered a
new star in the Cassiopeia formation.
f. Heinrich Hertz -German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of
the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of
electromagnetism.
g. Wave Theory of Light – includes diffraction, reflection, interference, refraction
h. Law of Ellipse, Law of Equal Areas, Law of Harmonies -read the concepts
i. Sundogs are colored spots of light that develop due to the refraction of light
through ice crystals. They are located approximately 22 degrees either left, right,
or both, from the sun, depending on where the ice crystals are present.

Rainbow Formation : Analyze the processes of light behavior in rainbow. Read facts
and information about it.
Interference :
Interference of light is the phenomena of multiple light waves interacting with one
another under certain circumstances, causing the combined amplitudes of the
waves to either increase or decrease

This pattern is called the wave interference pattern and is characterized by light
and dark bands. The light bands are a result of constructive interference and the
dark bands occur because of destructive interference. In the early 1800s, light
was assumed to be a particle.
Time dilation - Time dilation is the lengthening of the time interval between two
events for an observer in an inertial frame that is moving with respect to the rest
frame of the events (in which the events occur at the same location).

The angle of incidence is the angle between this normal and the incident ray; the
angle of reflection is the angle between this normal and the reflected ray.
According to the law of reflection, the angle of incidence equals the angle of
reflection.

The sky appears blue to the human eye as the short waves of blue light are
scattered more than the other colours in the spectrum, making the blue light
more visible.

White light is a combination of all the lights. During sunrise/sunset, rays have to
travel larger distances and as red light scatters least, it is capable to reach our
eyes while rest of the components are scattered away. Hence, sky appears
reddish orange during sunrise or sunset.

Read also information about doppler, red shift and blue shift : big bang theory
and its evidences.

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