can anyone explain me the nature of light and radiations in simple words??
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in physics the term light sometimes refers to electromagnetic and particle like nature of light is known as the wave -particle duality. The study of light ,known as optics,is an important research area in modern physics.
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Light is a transverse, electromagnetic wave that can be seen by the typical human. The wave nature of light was first illustrated through experiments on diffraction and interference. Like all electromagnetic waves, light can travel through a vacuum. The transverse nature of light can be demonstrated through polarization.
In 1678, Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) published Traité de la Lumiere, where he argued in favor of the wave nature of light. Huygens stated that an expanding sphere of light behaves as if each point on the wave front were a new source of radiation of the same frequency and phase.
Thomas Young (1773–1829) and Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788–1827) disproved Newton's corpuscular theory.
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