5/28/2023 0 Comments E=mc² by David Bodanis![]() ![]() ![]() The stiff lens just below focuses the incoming waves even more, sending them into the inland sea of the jellylike vitreous humor deeper down in the eye. The pupil is crossed without obstruction. ![]() The human may have squinted to avoid the glare, but human reflexes work at the rate of slow thousandths of a second and are no match for these racing intruders. The waves continue through the liquid of the aqueous humor and on to the gaping hole of the pupil. Ripping through the thin layer of the cornea, they decelerate slightly, with their outermost edges forming a nearly flat plane as they travel inward, carrying the as-yet-undetected signal from the screen deep into the waiting human. The eye blinks, the widened pupils are in position, and the incoming electromagnetic waves roar in. ![]() “The watcher’s eyes are likely to swivel forward in a sequence of stately turns as the screen’s pixel glows: each quarter-ounce mass of eyeball tugged by six flat muscles, in a glissando slide within the slippery fat lining the orbital cavity. ![]()
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