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Vision of the Invisible Man

A classic science fiction story, The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells, tells of a man who becomes invisible by changing the index of refraction of his body to that of air. Students who know how the eye works have criticized this story; they claim that the invisible man would be unable to see. On the basis of your knowledge of the eye, would he be able to see?

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