02 November 2008

Piggy's glasses


"There is an apparent inconsistency with physics in the book. Piggy is portrayed as extremely myopic and therefore would have had diverging lenses in his glasses. However, a converging lens is required to focus sunlight in order to start a fire; diverging lenses weaken sunlight."

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