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The Nature of Light

Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 1:00 PM until 2:00 PMGTB Standard Time UTC +02:00

We discuss the evolution of our understanding of the nature of light, from Newton's idea of light as a beam of tiny particles, through Young's proof that light is a wave, to Einstein's theory of the dual (quantum) nature of light as both a wave and a beam of photons. Trying to explain the properties of light has lead to some of the greatest achievements in physics, including Relativity Theory and Quantum Physics. Our lecture will include a number of laboratory demonstrations as illustrations.

Professor Orlin Stoytchev

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Lyubomir Yanchev, Class of 2025

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