https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/20/black-bodies-and-quantum-cats-1/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:46:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/20/black-bodies-and-quantum-cats-1/#comment-523328 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:46:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/20/black-bodies-and-quantum-cats-1/#comment-523328 It might look white, but its whiteness isn’t perfect.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/20/black-bodies-and-quantum-cats-1/#comment-523327 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:22:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/20/black-bodies-and-quantum-cats-1/#comment-523327 I’ll have a look (if I see the book). I don’t like the title of her other book though (but I do like Jennifer Oulette). I deal with blackbodies all the time in the weird world of thermal radiation. I’m wondering if a polar bear can be seen with infrared cameras; surely the coat must leak enough energy? Some people swear that the arctic foxes can’t be seen at all except for their glowing nose, but I’m one of those nasty people who have got to see it for themselves.

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