“The Mirror” is an amusing jewel of a book, a sparkling reflection of the history of the mirror in Europe and the role of the mirror in the European imagination. Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet moves elegantly ...

When people look into a mirror, they see an image of themselves behind the glass. That image results from light rays encountering the shiny surface and bouncing back, or reflecting, providing a ...

Introduction Can you imagine a bouncy ball that could bounce back and forth between two walls, infinitely—that is, forever? Wouldn't that be amazing? What if, instead of a ball, light was bouncing ...