Category: Methods
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My tryst with the unimaginable…
What’s the smallest scale of distance we hope to measure or we have almost measured using our most modern techniques and equipments is something of a scientific discussion we can have in the coziest of environ, usually available to someone who has an iota of interest in such insights. And in such a discussion I…
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The thickness of hair from a diffraction pattern, science of a different passion
The thickness of hair from a diffraction pattern, science of a different passion Sometimes in 2007 or early 2008, this picture was taken (with a camera fitted on a mobile phone.) It captured a unique diffraction pattern by accident (serendipity!!). I did a preliminary analysis to determine the thickness of the hair of the person…