Author: Abhirup Moitra

When we study physics one thing that we are always told, is that it is definite. Either it can be something it or it cannot be. Right?  Wrong. As opposed to the Newtonian theory of light’s nature as a particle, in the late 19th century, Albert Einstein revived light’s wave nature. The nature of light as the wave was proposed by Huygens but was dismissed because of Newton’s reputation. However, later it was established that light is “both a particle and a wave”, its essential theory was further evolved from electromagnetics into quantum mechanics.  If you did not understand anything…

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