Re: ....and the beat goes on and on and on...

From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller (waluk@best.com)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 18:04:49 GMT

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
    To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 7:32 AM
    Subject: Re: ....and the beat goes on and on and on...

    > On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 11:32:45AM -0000, Vincent Campbell wrote:
    > > <Thus in the world of classical physics a particle is a particle and
    > > a wave
    > > > is a wave; one cannot suddenly become the other, these concepts do not
    > > > share
    > > > the same space.>
    > > >
    > > Don't take this as encouragement, but isn't light both a wave and a
    > > particle?
    >
    > I seem to be missing some messages. But whoever said that is right,
    > because it was qualified "in the world of classical physics".

    Here's an historical spin: in the 17th century, Newton explained the
    behavior of light in terms of particles. Although his view was contested by
    many psysicists throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, it was in 1887 that
    Heinrich Hertz proved that light behaves as a wave. Immediately Einstein
    overturned Hertz' theory proving that light indeed behaves like a particle.
    BUT, in 1929 Louis de Broglie was awarded a Nobel for proving the
    particle/wave duality.

    Gerry Reinhart-Waller

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