Timeline for Why can't we see images reflected on a piece of paper?
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| Dec 1, 2018 at 20:41 | answer | added | Michael Hardy | timeline score: -1 | |
| Dec 1, 2018 at 1:25 | history | protected | AccidentalFourierTransform | ||
| Dec 1, 2018 at 1:13 | answer | added | phr | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 30, 2018 at 15:31 | answer | added | katana_0 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 29, 2018 at 15:47 | comment | added | a concerned citizen | Why paper and not mousepad, or bed sheets, or brick wall? What does a mirror, or a polished silver plate, or the surface of water have that those don't? | |
| Nov 29, 2018 at 12:57 | answer | added | morten | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 29, 2018 at 8:04 | comment | added | phresnel | Some kinds of paper are actually pretty reflective (apart from the whiteness, which proves the reflectance already) - typically the not-so-environment-friendly-very-bleached kind of paper. If you take the pencil and lay it down on the paper, you may see it. A second effect that then becomes apparent is when you minimize the angle to the paper plane - it will become more mirrorly then (same effect as on a long, hot summer road). | |
| Nov 29, 2018 at 3:40 | comment | added | craq | In case your question is about the difference between the reflectiveness of paper and mirrors (diffuse and specular) you might want to have a look at the wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_reflection. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/1067568965583626245 | ||
| Nov 27, 2018 at 23:01 | answer | added | lurscher | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 22:46 | answer | added | Ján Lalinský | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 21:29 | answer | added | Jan Hudec | timeline score: 4 | |
| S Nov 27, 2018 at 21:08 | history | suggested | StayOnTarget | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
The question actually is much more general than the specific example being used.
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| S Nov 27, 2018 at 18:34 | history | suggested | David Richerby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 17:37 | answer | added | Ilmari Karonen | timeline score: 170 | |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 14:22 | history | edited | katana_0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 10:20 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 10:15 | answer | added | Cardinal Sine | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 10:12 | history | asked | katana_0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |