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Sir Chandrasekhara Raman

Sir Chandrasekhara Raman (1888 - 1970) received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1930/raman-bio.html

Homemade Sunset - Marvin and Milo

A Marvin and Milo activity about light and scattering. All you need is a large clear straight sided glass, water, milk, torch and darkened room.

http://www.physics.org/marvinandmilo.asp?id=30

Autobiograpy of Clifford G. Shull

Clifford G. Shull (1915 - 2001) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1994 for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1994/shull-autobio.html

Magic Factory

Includes a number of games about light and colour - reflection, spectrum, speed of light, optical illusions and refraction. Teachers notes available.

http://www.magic-factory.co.uk/

Covers the law of refraction including interactive Java tutorials. Links to ideas of fluorescence, diffraction, polarization, reflection, scattering, and Virtual microscopy (Virtual scanning electron ...

$Visit Refraction of Light$

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/lightandcolor/refraction.html

National Optical Astronomy Observatory

A site designed to make the work of NOAO more accessible to students and teachers, with general information about astronomy, and educational materials

http://www.noao.edu/

Peter Debye

Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye (1884 - 1966) was a physical chemist whose investigations of dipole moments, X rays, and light scattering in gases brought him the 1936 Nobel Prize for ...

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1936/debye-bio.html

Changing Illusions

Certain patterns confuse your eyes and brain, causing you to misjudge the size of a circle, or the length of a line. This site contains shockwave demonstrations of a number of optical illusions.