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Refraction Simulation

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Re: Refraction Simulation

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Might as well add my one. It's not interactive, however it might give you an idea of why waves actually refract: http://youtu.be/y0gFrte5auQ?list=PLpYLorG2XEtQKD7uHC8dK1inU6...

If only we had that in high school. The simple geometric interpretation felt so authoritative. Here it's just pure beauty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens%E2%80%93Fresnel_princip...

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