Glass Sphere in Optical Sciences a Monument to Persistence
Among the displays in the new Museum of Optics in the College of Optical Sciences is a large optical glass sphere resting atop a steel tripod inside the west wing lobby of the Aden Meinel Building.
The polished sphere looks out onto the University of Arizona Mall and inverts what people see looking through it. Stephen Jacobs, the emeritus professor of optical sciences who envisioned this object d'art, said, "It turns the world upside down."
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