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Light - Wave or Particle Isaac Newton (1643- 1727) Christiaan Huygens (1629 – 1695) Proponent of Light Particles Proponent of Light Waves

Key Properties of Wave Behavior Interference Diffraction

Young’s Double Slit Experiment

Wave Nature of Light

Spectrum of White Light

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Photoelectric Effect

Einstein Millikan

Double Slit Experiment Revisited

Atomic Spectra Hydrogen Helium Neon Mercury

Hydrogen Emission Spectrum

Hydrogen Spectrum

Bohr Model of Hydrogen Niels Bohr (1885 – 1962)

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