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Can the invisible man see???

April 29th, 2008 by rauschbr · 1 Comment · Physics

From the book The Invisible Man by H.G Wells it shows the reader that being invisible can require the invisible man to see, but what H.G Wells didnt think about was the physics involved into transperency.

Considering being completely invisible like the book gives out your would have to make your eyes transparent which works both inside and out. Scientists have experimented on rats and other types of animals and although they have invented a conclusion that it could be semi-transparent, there is no possible way to make the eyes invisible unless you become blind which would still be impossible for the liquids to accomplish

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In conclusion the invisible man, to be correct with the laws of physics, would have to be blind.

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  • anthonsa

    An invisible man that cannot see, there is a grade A example of irony. I do not think that Wells in his wildest imagination could have seen that coming.

    Still, it gives credit to the genre of science-fiction, which we all know as fiction based on science. It is sad that on of the worlds greatest heroic villians is crippled by the laws of physics.

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