De Broglie Introduces the Theory of Wave-Particle Duality
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Physics, Physicists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: 1923
Article abstract: De Broglie provided a mechanical explanation for the wave-particle duality of light.
Summary of Event
In the early twentieth century, scientists were having difficulty describing the nature of light. For a long time, the nature of light had been regarded as being like that of a particle. In the late nineteenth century, light was demonstrated to behave as waves. Early in the twentieth century, however, this belief was shifted again by experiments of a particle nature. The wave-particle duality of light was an experimental phenomenon in...
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