By 
Andrew Bastawrous
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TED-Ed Original

How do glasses help us see?

Today glasses help millions of people with poor vision be able to see clearly. But how? Andrew Bastawrous and Clare Gilbert help unravel the answer by explaining refraction — the ability of a transparent medium like glass water or the eye to change the direction of light passing through it.

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