Timeline for Why does electromagnetic refraction happen?
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| Nov 10, 2014 at 0:16 | comment | added | garyp | The car analogy is definitely a poor one. It is not a good model of what actually happens. I have seen smart students get confused by it. | |
| Nov 9, 2014 at 22:49 | comment | added | LDC3 | Think about how the tires move. All moving at the same speed; one slows down (which means the car needs to bend); the second tire slows down (which means the car needs to compress since the back tires are moving faster than the front). | |
| Nov 9, 2014 at 22:46 | comment | added | BMS | @LDC3 I think it works. The direction of motion of the car can change, and so its path changes. This is the analogy the OP is stressing. Not that the shape of the car changes (which it doesn't, but that its path changes direction. | |
| Nov 9, 2014 at 22:31 | comment | added | LDC3 | Unfortunately, a car cannot bend or contract, so it is a poor choice. | |
| Nov 9, 2014 at 21:34 | history | answered | Georg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |