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Shine a laser through the new £5 note

Steve Mould, 2 min, 301.9K views, Sep 29, 2016

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The Queen's face in the window of the new £5 note acts like a diffraction grating so that when you shine a laser through it projects this cool interference pattern. Visit my blog here: http://stevemould.com Follow me on twitter here: http://twitter.com/moulds Buy nerdy maths things here: http://mathsgear.co.uk