Wave-partical duality

Canada, 1984

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Episode of Series “Concepts in science: physics”.
Traces the development of the various theories advanced to explain the behaviour of light, from the concepts of the ancient Greeks to current proven models. The contributions of Isaac Newtown, Christian Huygens, Thomas Young, Jean Foucault, Albert Einstein and others are outlined as are the reasons for the gradual acceptance of both particle and wave models and their eventual combination. The six 10 minute episodes are: 1. “The Particle model” 2. “The Wave model” 3. “The Electromagnetic model” 4. “The Quantum idea” 5. “Photons” 6. “Matter waves.”

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Credits

producer

David Chamberlain

production company

Ontario Educational Communications Authority

Television Ontario

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1984

Appears in

Concepts in science: physics

Group of items

Concepts in science: physics

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

305683

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Light

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Physics

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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