Actually, with our eyes you couldn't. But if you had a super computer to evalute and map the ripple you could synthesis the shape and size of what fell in the water, scientists don't look at the radiation with their eyes ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn93Z28
Also Rutherford used "alpha bullets" to determine what the atomic stucture of all matter is. He couldn't see the electrons spining around the nucleus, he could only see where the "alpha bullets" were deflected, the end result. Are you saying Rutherfords model of atomic structure is in question?
And what about human sight? You're not directly detecting objects, your detecting the radiation which deflects off the surface of an object.
As you put it: By your analogy, studying the waves produced by something hitting the water would prove only that--something hit the water.
So detecting the electromagnetic waves deflected from a cup only prove that there is light and it bounces off stuff? And not that there is a cup in front of you?
