Posts Tagged ‘Light’

The History of Light

Posted on March 26th, 2010 by by Big History

The term “light” in physics is sometimes a reference to electromagnetic emission of any frequency range — whether visible or not. A Chronology of Historical theories 1. Ancient Indian theories The Hindu schools of Samkhya and Vaisheshika, from about the 6 – 5 century BC, postulated on light that light is one of the five [...]