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Ray
Miky Ronen
Ofik Rivlin
The Weizmann Institute of Science
When Alice went through the looking glass, she probably gave little thought to its geometric properties. You know, however, that the shape of a mirror determines the way it reflects light and forms an image.
Your students can investigate the full spectrum of geometric optics with Ray - an interactive problem-solving optics tutorial that features a large array of mirrors, prisms, and lenses. You can create your own optical configurations and view the ray simulation in two different modes. The ideal mode considers only the component's focal length. The real mode is based on the physical shape of the lens or mirror and can demonstrate phenomena such as spherical aberration.
Ray offers full ray-tracing capabilities and includes the following highlights:
- A component editor that creates optical components such as mirrors, lenses, and prisms and controls their position and their physical and geometrical properties
- Graphics tools designed to communicate ideas and hypotheses specific to geometrical optics
- A ray simulation system that simulates light behavior for any optical assembly created by the user
- A set of interactive demonstration files that introduce the main concepts, principles, and phenomena associated with geometrical optics
- A comprehensive set of more than 100 student tasks and activities
- A task authoring system for creating new tasks especially suited to your own instructional needs
Ray offers a unique opportunity to combine theory and its formal representation with real demonstrations and experimentation. Misconceptions triggered by the use of the "three principle rays" are not a factor, because Ray offers a clear distinction between light rays and the geometrical constructions used to analyze them. And Ray's task authoring system lets you customize your presentation to fill the particular needs of your class and your curriculum. 86 pp.
System Requirements:
Your computer system should be a Macintosh Plus computer or later operating with system software 6.0 or higher.
- Macintosh
ISBN 1-56396-158-X
| Single copy | $140.00 |
| High School Site License | $350.00 |
| 10-copy lab pack | $560.00 |
© 1996 by Physics Academic Software Publishing Organization. All rights reserved.
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REVIEWS- "Well designed...The program is a complete and powerful simulation engine for any study of geometrical optics. As a tutoring environment for students Ray is unequaled."
- John E. Gastineau,
Computers in Physics
September/October 1995
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