Why can sunlight that illuminates Earth be approximated by plane waves, whereas the light from a nearby

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Why can sunlight that illuminates Earth be approximated by plane waves, whereas the light from a nearby lamp cannot?
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Conceptual Physics

ISBN: 978-0321568090

11th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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