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Full Idea
Thomas Young in 1803 confirmed the idea of Huyghens that light is waves, showing how light passing through two slits produces an interference pattern that resembles water waves sluicing through two slits.
Gist of Idea
The interference of light through two slits confirmed that it is waves
Source
Peter Watson (Convergence [2016], 04 'Conception')
Book Ref
Watson,Peter: 'Convergence' [Simon and Schuster 2016], p.109
A Reaction
The great puzzle emerges when it also turns out to be quantised particles.
| 20649 | The interference of light through two slits confirmed that it is waves [Watson] |
| 20650 | The Uncertainty Principle implies that cause and effect can't be measured [Watson] |
| 20651 | The shape of molecules is important, as well as the atoms and their bonds [Watson] |
| 20652 | In 1828 the animal substance urea was manufactured from inorganic ingredients [Watson] |
| 20654 | Only four particles are needed for matter: up and down quark, electron, electron-neutrino [Watson] |
| 20655 | Humans have been hunter-gatherers for 99.5% of their existence [Watson] |
| 20656 | Traditional ideas of the mind were weakened in the 1950s by mind-influencing drugs [Watson] |
| 20657 | There are 23 core brain functions, with known circuit, transmitters, genes and behaviour [Watson] |
| 20658 | Information is physical, and living can be seen as replicating and preserving information [Watson] |
| 20661 | Electrons rotate in hyrogen atoms 10^13 times per second [Watson] |
| 20647 | Quantum theory explains why nature is made up of units, such as elements [Watson] |