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Does the wave theory of light explain more phenomena than the particle theory? Support your answer with specific details.
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The expert determines if wave theory of light explains more phenomena than the particle theory.
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The wave theory of light does explain more phenomena than does the particle theory of light. When the true composition of light was first debated, there emerged two competing theories of light, one put forth by Christiaan Huygens and the other put forth by Isaac Newton. It was suggested that light consisted of waves (proposed by Huygens) or of particles (proposed by Newton).
One of the earliest theorists to hypothesize about the nature of light was Aristotle, who suggested that light is a disturbance in the element air, or a wave-like phenomenon. Another theorist, Democritus, argued that all things in the universe, including light, are made up of indivisible sub-components.
Three scientists, Robert Hooke, Christian Huygens, and Augustin-Jean Fresnel were able to mathematically show that the refracting ...
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