The History of Light and Invisibility

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I love seeing how people figured out the things that they figured out, which is often very different from the way we learn it in our introductory classes. I feel like we're so used to science. They know things and they know things and don't question it. And then we find out that there's so much trial and error and people looking for one thing and finding something else. It's so exciting. The chapters are so fun. Science meets fiction, invisible rays, invisible monsters. Like what a book.

Invisibility cloaks. Transparent frogs. Stealth bombers. Gorilla mischief. Theoretical optical physicist and Invisible Photologist Dr. Greg Gbur joins Alie to chat about light, illusions, secret technology, science fiction inspiration, terrible camouflage, great movies, historical mishaps, and even a few great household life hacks – and why you should go read a book on your porch. Perhaps his book, Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not To Be Seen.

Visit Dr. Greg Gbur’s blogs, Skulls in the Stars and Science Chamber of Horrors, and follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Instagram and TikTok

Buy Dr. Gbur’s book, Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not To Be Seen, on Bookshop.org or Amazon

His 2019 book, Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics, is also available on Bookshop.org and Amazon

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