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snow_tiger [21]
3 years ago
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Describe the two theories on the emergence of light by Rene Descartes and Sir Isaac Newton​

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attashe74 [19]3 years ago
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Explanation:

Isaac Newton argued that the geometric nature of reflection and refraction of light could only be explained if light were made of particles, referred to as corpuscles because waves do not tend to travel in straight lines. Newton sought to disprove Christiaan Huygens' theory that light was made of waves.

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