Subscribe now

Letter: Letters: Clear thinking

Published 26 March 1994

From MARTIN J BENWELL

Q: My nine-year-old son has come up with a question that has beaten
my years of science education. Why can you see through water? Can anybody
help us understand what it is about water – or glass, or any transparent
medium – that lets light through it?

Martin J Benwell Charterhouse College of Radiography London

Issue no. 1918 published 26 March 1994

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Sign up
Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop