A mirror riddle
In this course we have also looked at linear transformations. Important classes were rotations, reflections, projections, dilations and shears. Why does a mirror flip vertically differently than horizontally. If we look ourselves in the mirror, its not that our head is pointing down. But our left and right hands change side. Isn't it strange. The "physics girl" solves the puzzle:Direct Media Links: Webm, Ogg Ipod, Quicktime.
