How did Moses “split” the Red Sea?
According to the Jewish/Christian Bible, he invoked the power of God. Another possible interpretation is that Moses invoked the power of physics. If you are interested in reading part of a chapter of a novel which describes this possibility, then go to the selection of the novel. This reading is definitely NOT required! I warn you: it is written in the first person by the character Jesus, who has been enslaved. His good friend and mentor, Simon, gives him a lesson about deception. Diamonds When light enters a diamond, unless it hits exactly perpendicular to the surface, it bends. This happens because the part of the light wave that hits the diamond first is slowed, and the rest of the light is bent in that direction. The index of refraction of a diamond is 2.4, so the speed of light in a diamond is c/2.4. The bending is exactly the same effect that we had in the mirage, and it is completely analogous to the bending of sound that we had in the sound channel, and in hearing distant sound
