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The Unexpected Hero of Light

Initial Conditions: A Physics History Podcast

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No Bashir - A Perfect Lens

Brashir and Phoebe wanted to look at the night sky through a telescope, but they couldn't afford one. Because he was a mechanic, he decided he could just make one himself. He converted the shed in their backyard to his workshop and every day after work, he would work together in this small shop until after midnight. After two years of exhausting work, the lens was polished and perfect. But it slipped through his fingers and shatters. So again, for two years, they skip sleep and they create another perfect five inch lens. Bashir sets up the telescope in his house with the five inch lens he already made and the whole neighborhood travels to witness the sky as they

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