MCQ
Who first proposed that light was wave$-$like in character?
- ✓Huygens
- BNewton
- CYoung
- DMaxwell
✓
Answer
Correct option: A.
Huygens
In $1678,$ Dutch physcist, christian Huygens beived that light was made up of waves vibrating up and down perpendicular to the direction of the light travels, and therefore formulated a way of visualising wave propagation. This became known as Huygens Principe.
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