Experimental demonstration of wave nature of light was provided by
Correct answer: A. Thomas Young
- A. Thomas Young
- B. Newton
- C. Maxwell
- D. Huygens
Explanation
Thomas Young is credited with the first experimental demonstration of the wave nature of light through the double-slit experiment, which showed interference patterns that could only be explained by light behaving as a wave. While Isaac Newton proposed a corpuscular theory of light, James Clerk Maxwell developed the electromagnetic wave theory of light, and Christiaan Huygens formulated a wave theory, it was Young's experiment that provided direct experimental evidence of light's wave nature. Newton's and Huygens' contributions were theoretical, and Maxwell's work was more mathematical and theoretical rather than an experimental demonstration like Young's.
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