True, but not real
Abstract
Reading Christopher Pinney’s 2018 book The Waterless Sea: a Curious History of Mirages, I was struck by a phrase he used to describe mirages, and indeed all illusions: “real, but not true”.
- Publication:
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Physics World
- Pub Date:
- January 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1088/2058-7058/33/1/35
- Bibcode:
- 2020PhyW...33a..56B