Is Light a particle or a wave ? NAO2014 Special

Can we accurately describe light as exclusively a wave or just a particle? Are the two mutually exclusive? In this third part of his series on light and color, Colm Kelleher discusses wave-particle duality and its relationship to how we see light and, therefore, color.

While National Astronomy Olympiad 2014 is all on its way we hope you have visited our application centres by 15th March, 2014 as the exams are on the 22nd of March, 2014. As shared Wave and Optics is also part of our syllabus right ? Indeed it is where we mainly ask your questions from Light; Interference, Diffraction, Polarization; Microwave, Infrared, Ultraviolet, Gamma Rays, Visible Wavelength Bands; Optical Instruments; Doppler’s Effect

While we share you about Light - a particle or a wave ? Lesson by Colm Kelleher, animation by +Nelson Diaz.

Source - +TED-Ed 

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