How Lenses Magnify
    Physics & How Things Work

    How Lenses Magnify

    Curved glass bends light to a point. Look through it and small things get big.

    A kid spots an ant on the ground. Tiny. Then they hold a magnifying glass over it — and suddenly it's HUGE. The ant didn't change. So what did?

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