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lalbatros
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Hello,
I could give many arguments supporting the electromagnetic nature of light.
The whole net of modern physics can be used for that, specially atomic physics.
However, I wonder what could be the best evidences like:
- the oldest
- the simplest
- the most convincing
- the cheapest (in a lab)
- the most clever
- ...
In addition, as was asked in another thread, I would be curious to know how this idea came to Maxwell.
Is it simply the matching of the velocity of light with the Maxwell's equations?
Did the people at that time already have some suspicion?
Thanks,
Michel
I could give many arguments supporting the electromagnetic nature of light.
The whole net of modern physics can be used for that, specially atomic physics.
However, I wonder what could be the best evidences like:
- the oldest
- the simplest
- the most convincing
- the cheapest (in a lab)
- the most clever
- ...
In addition, as was asked in another thread, I would be curious to know how this idea came to Maxwell.
Is it simply the matching of the velocity of light with the Maxwell's equations?
Did the people at that time already have some suspicion?
Thanks,
Michel