Issac Newton's Theory Of Light
There are two contrasting views that light either consists of particles or waves. Light is a perplexing phenomenon puzzled by Ancient Greeks and scientists for years. Even Issac Newton developed incorrect theories on light, when he was the inventor and genius behind physics. It has been proved that light can be both a particle and a wave.
Human eyes collect light that is reflected from a source. For example, the light from a pencil comes from the source of light in the sun and travels to the pencil to bounce up to the human eye. The theory that light appears to be a particle, similar to droplets of water sprayed from a garden hose, is known as the corpuscular theory proposed by Newton. Newton believed that light was made up of tiny atom-like …show more content…
He found that light has frequency-like properties when he used a prism to split sunlight into component colors. Light can be viewed as a steam of particles, because the edges of the shadows it develops are exceedingly sharp and transparent. When the particles of light enter human eyes, they create images of the object that is seen. Newton explained his theory through refraction. Refraction is the belief that light bends as it passes through one medium to another (for example, air to water). An experiment called the photoelectric effect proved that light behaves as particles. In this experiment, an electron was emitted from the metal with a specific kinetic energy. We know that light is a wave because it contains electric fields and magnetic fields. The wave in light is known as an electromagnetic wave, and light spreads out from the source that creates the light. The electric and magnetic fields present in light waves obtain a vacuum, which makes objects vibrate. The electric and magnetic fields present in the vacuum create the light wave. Light is created when magnetic fields and electric fields are changed. Although light is a wave, it does not look nor feel like one. The reason behind this is that the frequency is immensely elevated, and the wavelength is
Human eyes collect light that is reflected from a source. For example, the light from a pencil comes from the source of light in the sun and travels to the pencil to bounce up to the human eye. The theory that light appears to be a particle, similar to droplets of water sprayed from a garden hose, is known as the corpuscular theory proposed by Newton. Newton believed that light was made up of tiny atom-like …show more content…
He found that light has frequency-like properties when he used a prism to split sunlight into component colors. Light can be viewed as a steam of particles, because the edges of the shadows it develops are exceedingly sharp and transparent. When the particles of light enter human eyes, they create images of the object that is seen. Newton explained his theory through refraction. Refraction is the belief that light bends as it passes through one medium to another (for example, air to water). An experiment called the photoelectric effect proved that light behaves as particles. In this experiment, an electron was emitted from the metal with a specific kinetic energy. We know that light is a wave because it contains electric fields and magnetic fields. The wave in light is known as an electromagnetic wave, and light spreads out from the source that creates the light. The electric and magnetic fields present in light waves obtain a vacuum, which makes objects vibrate. The electric and magnetic fields present in the vacuum create the light wave. Light is created when magnetic fields and electric fields are changed. Although light is a wave, it does not look nor feel like one. The reason behind this is that the frequency is immensely elevated, and the wavelength is