nature of light and speed of light
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What is Light?What is Light?Wave or Particle?
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What is Light?What is Light?Early Accounts:Early Accounts:
Pythagoras (ca. 582-500 B.C.), Greek philosopher- Stream of particles emitte from a! o"#ect
Aristotle (38 !3"" #$%$&' ree) philosopher! *oved as a +ave' li)e ripples on +ater
Wave
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What is Light?What is Light?,-,- thth!!,8,8 thth %entury%entury
.saac Ne+ton (,/ " 0,-"-& English physicist'1athe1atician' astrono1er' naturalphilosopher' alche1ist' and theologian
- Hypothesis of Light ($%&5), light iscompose of corp'scles (particles of matter)
hich ere emitte i! all irectio!s from aso'rce.
- a*es ere k!o ! to "e! aro'!o"stacles, hile light tra*elle o!ly i! straightli!es.
Particle
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What is Light?What is Light?
,-,- thth!!,8,8 thth %entury%entury2ho1as oung (,--3!,8"4&' English physician and physicist
! studied diffraction and
,853! opposed to the particleor corpuscular theory of
.saac Ne+ton
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What is Light?What is Light?
,4,4 thth!!"5"5 thth %entury%entury
6a1es *a7+ell (,83,!,8-4&' English Physicist
!electro1agnetic +ave' ustli)e radio +ave' 7!ray and1icro+aves
! Light follo+s +avee9uation
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What is Light?What is Light?,4,4 thth!!"5"5 thth %entury%entury
Al ert Einstein (,8-4!,4;;&' er1an! orntheoretical physicist
Particle
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What is Light?What is Light?! Photoelectric effect' light energy is 9uanti
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What is Light?What is Light?
Particle- a*e +'alitya*e Particle
!terfere!ce+iffractio!
a*e e/'atio!
i!ear patheflectio!efractio!
1'a!ti e
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What is Light?What is Light?
! A for1 of energy that is visi le to thehu1an eye' sometimes displays properties
o +aves an some mes sp aysproperties of particles$
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Speed of lightSpeed of light3la's 4mer ($% -$&$0), +a!ish physicist
- 6irst /'a!titati*e estimate of the spee of light,ma e i! $%&% - 3"ser*e that the perio s of 7'piter s i!!ermostmoo! o appeare to "e shorter he! the 9arth asapproachi!g 7'piter tha! he! rece i!g from it, he
co!cl' e that light tra*els at a fi!ite spee , a!estimate that it takes light 22 mi!'tes to cross the
iameter of 9arth s or"it.
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Speed of lightSpeed of light%hristiaan =uygens (,/"4 0,/4;&'>utch 1athe1atician' astrono1er' and physicist
! co1 ined the esti1ate of @1er +ith an esti1ate
for the dia1eter of the Earth s or it! "$"5 7 ,5 8 1Bs
*ore accurateC
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Speed of lightSpeed of lightAl ert *ichelson (,8;"!,43,&' er1an! ornA1erican physicist
! Dsed 1irrors 3; )1 a+ay
! $ $ 7 1 s! "44'-4"' ;/$" ,$, 1Bs
*uch 1ore accurateC
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Speed of lightSpeed of light$5th Co!f