In the early eighteenth century, the argument about the nature of light had turned the scientific community into divided camps that fought vigorously over the validity of their favorite theories.
One group of scientists, who subscribed to the wave theory, centered their arguments on the discoveries of Dutchman Christiaan Huygens. The opposing camp cited Sir Isaac Newton's prism experiments as proof that light traveled as a shower of particles, each proceeding in a straight line until it was refracted, absorbed, reflected, diffracted or disturbed in some other manner.
The above paragraph is taken from molecular expressions micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/particleorwave...
Use some of the info and pics on my previous blogs on light and waves to help you decide. Who do you think is correct? Which camp are you on?
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