In basic physics, often in their first year of study of the subject, students meet the concept of an
\nimage, for example when using pinhole cameras and finding the position of an image in a mirror. They
\nare also familiar with the term in photography and design, through software which allows image
\nmanipulation, even \u2018in-camera\u2019 on most Smartphones. But what is meant by the term image? A good,
\nclear definition is not readily available in a range of textbooks I examined, nor on various physics
\nsites, beyond something like \u2018a representation of an object\u2019 or \u2018a reproduction of an object formed
\nusing a mirror or lens\u2019 (or words to those effects). None of this explains why a mirror forms an
\nimage and a piece of paper does not, or why a pinhole does, but a large hole does not. In this short
\npaper, these ideas are explored in an investigative way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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