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The Theory of the Rainbow

When sunlight is scattered by raindrops, why is it that colorful arcs appear in certain regions of the sky? Answering this subtle question has required all the resources of mathematical physics

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 236 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Theory of the Rainbow” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 236 No. 4 (), p. 116
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0477-116