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Light Is Both A Wave And A Particle: The Wackiest Idea Ever

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Coming up with the idea that light and matter have split personalities, can be thought as energy waves or particles needs a particularly wacky mind. This synthesis, by Einstein, brought together 2 opposing scientific groups. Both had hard evidence that their theory (light is a wave, or light is a particle) was correct. Einstein's brilliance was to spot that both groups were correct....truly wacky.

The Top Five Reasons Light Is Both A Wave And A Particle is the Wackiest Idea 

  • The idea was truly revolutionary, and changed society for ever.
  • It led to the development of nuclear power, and unfortunatley nuclear bombs
  • The fact that light and matter are interchangable have led to other wacky ideas, for example teleporting
  • It needed Einstein to think the unthinkable
  • It's just plain Wacky

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave-particle_duality

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Field_Theory

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Photons of Light - Science Theater 02

LEDs and photosensitive paper show light be a particle in this demonstration explaining how light comes in little "packets" that we call photons. Colored LEDs make phosphorescent paper glow only if their color (frequency) of light is high enough in energy.

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