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    1) Over the 1600s and 1700s, scientists debated whether light behaved as particles or waves, with Newton proposing particles and Huygens proposing waves. 2) In the early 1800s, Thomas Young provided evidence that light acts as a wave through his double slit experiment. 3) James Clerk Maxwell unified electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon, electromagnetic waves, predicting the existence of radio waves. 4) Einstein explained the photoelectric effect using Max Planck's idea of light quanta (photons), showing that light can act as either waves or particles depending on the situation.

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    1) Over the 1600s and 1700s, scientists debated whether light behaved as particles or waves, with Newton proposing particles and Huygens proposing waves. 2) In the early 1800s, Thomas Young provided evidence that light acts as a wave through his double slit experiment. 3) James Clerk Maxwell unified electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon, electromagnetic waves, predicting the existence of radio waves. 4) Einstein explained the photoelectric effect using Max Planck's idea of light quanta (photons), showing that light can act as either waves or particles depending on the situation.

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    1) Over the 1600s and 1700s, scientists debated whether light behaved as particles or waves, with Newton proposing particles and Huygens proposing waves. 2) In the early 1800s, Thomas Young provided evidence that light acts as a wave through his double slit experiment. 3) James Clerk Maxwell unified electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon, electromagnetic waves, predicting the existence of radio waves. 4) Einstein explained the photoelectric effect using Max Planck's idea of light quanta (photons), showing that light can act as either waves or particles depending on the situation.

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    Merie Angela Muldong ABM 202

    TIMELINE OF EVENTS RELATED TO THE


    NATURE OF LIGHTS

    Early 1600's

    Isaac Newton (1642-1726) –At the beginning of the 17th century, People knew that the light
    travels in straight lines.
    (“Light is comprised of colored particles.”)

    1645
    Francisco Grimaldi, an Italian monk and mathematician, observed light go through a slit and
    saw very small colored fringes.

    Mid 1600's
    Christiaan Huygens, 1629-1695 - supports the wave theory, proposed Robert Hooke.
    “Light is a wave.”
    Early 1800's

    Thomas young (1773-1829) – he performed the double slit experiment. He sone light
    through one slit to make it the same wavelength.

    “Proof of the wave theory of light”.

    James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) – he discovers that light is electromagnetic.

    “Predicted the existence of electromagnetic waves”

    1879-1955

    Albert Einstein - The Photoelectric experiment is performed but no one can explain it. Albert
    Einstein explains it using Max Planck's Quantam hypothesis. Max Planck studied black body
    radiation and observed energy was absorbed in bundles, he called these 'quanta'. Einstein then
    applied to light and called those quantas, 'photons'.

    “Light is a photon”

    WAVES

    PARTS OF A WAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF


    WAVE
    Wave Length Mechanical waves

    Wave Height
    Electromagnetic
    Wave

    Wave Trough

    Wave Crest

    Amplitude

    Sea level
    Waves

    MECHANICAL WAVES ELECTROMAGNETIC


    Requires a medium WAVES
    Do not required a medium

    Longitudinal Transverse Light


    wave wave Microwaves
    Sound wave Water wave Infrared
    x-rays
    ultraviolet rays
    Radio Waves

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