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Is light a particle or a wave?

Colm Kelleher · TED

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Can we accurately describe light as exclusively a wave or just a particle? Are the two mutually exclusive? In this third part of his series on light and color Colm Kelleher discusses wave-particle duality and its relationship to how we see light and therefore color. [Directed by Nelson Diaz, narrated by Colm Kelleher].

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Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Colm Kelleher
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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