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David Brewster

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David Brewster 'Dirtfoot' Promotional Video

 

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David Brewster - 'Uncle Fester' Play-through Video

 

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David Brewster playing Metallica's 'The Unforgiven'

 

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David Brewster - A Slow Day At Work

Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA(Scot) FSSA MICE was a British scientist, inventor, author, and academic administrator. In science he is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optics, mostly concerned with the study of the polarization of light and including the discovery of Brewster's angle. He studied the birefringence of crystals under compression and discovered photoelasticity, thereby creating the field of optical mineralogy. For this work, William Whewell dubbed him the "father of modern experimental optics" and "the Johannes Kepler of optics."