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The Human Camera, Lesson 3: Resources

In-Text References, Part I:

http://www.islamic-study.org/optics.htm

1. Page of Ibn al-Haytham's book, Optics....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5767467472203993220&pr=goog-sl

2. Short film on cataract surgery....

 

In-Text References, Part II:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/laser5.htm

3. Short description on the operation of a laser......

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/experiments/simopticslens.htm#concave%20lens

4. Simulations of ray traces predicting lens behavior......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TyKGiLt8Ls

5. Excellent short video on LASIK surgery.....

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=29950&fr=

6. Excellent short video on LASIK surgery.....

http://www.prankies.com/305-Laser-Eye-Surgery-video.php

7. Excellent short video on LASIK surgery.....

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/physics/phys04/crefractn/default.htm

8. Refraction analogy in action.....

http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/refraction/refraction.html

9. An advanced page that demonstrates refraction.....

 

Resources

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/experiments/simopticslens.htm#concave%20lens

10. Optics simulations...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8413425070839119900&q=lens+surgery

11. Cataract videos....

http://www.cureblindness.org/cataracts/video.html