Physicists Doing Art With Birefringent Materials

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Start date Oct 3, 2022
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Oct 3, 2022

Hornbein

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https://physics.aps.org/articles/v15/147

That looks pretty cool. If more artists find out about it it might catch on.

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Oct 4, 2022

mcastillo356

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I thought I knew about Art History a little bit, but can't find anything to compare with. Somebody could?
Greetings!

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