Brief History of Light
- 1000AD- It is considered that light is consisted of tiny particles.
- Newton- Used corpuscles to explain reflection and refraction.
- Huygens- In 1670, he explained many properties of light by proposing light was wave-like.
- Young- In 1865, he stongly supported the wave theory by showing interference.
- Maxwell- In 1865, he proposed that electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light.
- Planck- Explained light spectrum emitted by hot objects.
- Einstein- Explained the Photoelectric effect.
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