Wave Theory of Light

Superseded · 1690

Status: Superseded
Year: 1690

Summary

Light as a wave in a medium, which explained diffraction and interference that particles could not. Correct about the wave, wrong about the medium, and eventually absorbed into quantum electrodynamics.

Equations

Bragg's Law Diffraction Grating Equation Snell's Law Wave Equation

Proponent

Christiaan Huygens Augustin-Jean Fresnel Thomas Young

Referenced by

equation

Bragg's Law Diffraction Grating Equation Snell's Law Wave Equation

researcher

Augustin-Jean Fresnel Christiaan Huygens Thomas Young

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