National Lectures

Nature’s optics and our understanding of light

Optical phenomena visible to everyone abundantly illustrate important ideas in science and mathematics. The phenomena considered include rainbows, sparkling reflections on water, green flashes, earthlight on the moon, glories, daylight, crystals, and the squint moon. The concepts include refraction, wave interference, numerical experiments, asymptotics, Regge poles, polarization singularities, conical intersections, and visual illusions. Speaker: Michael Berry (Melville Wills Professor of Physics (Emeritus) at the University of Bristol, UK)

Event type: National Lectures

National/International: National

Area: Physical Sciences

Contact details:

Focus:Optics

Ministry/Deptt/Institution:International Centre for Theoretical Sciences ICTS), TIFR, Bengaluru

Venue & Location:Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS Bangalore

Start date: 06-Nov-2018 12:00 AM

End date: 06-Nov-2018 12:00 AM