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Re: A Physics Quiz of a different type


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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
Related, and asked by a student to me a couple weeks ago:
When light is reflected, at the point of reflection, is the speed zero?
No. There is no "point" of reflection, because of the quantum mechanical wave/particle duality of the photon.



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