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Thomas Young
Thomas Young

C. Freudenrich, Howstuffworks - A good summary of the light/particle nature of light.

American Institute of Physics - Light might be the result of a breaking of a fundamental symmetry relationship in special relativity.

C. Colwell, PhysicsLab Online - A concise mathemetical description of intereference and diffraction as relevant to Young's experiment.

An alphabetical glossary of relevant scientific terms.

T. Young, Philosophical Transactions - Original 1803 text of Young's presentation as published in the journal of the Royal Society.

B. Taylor, Miami U. - Experiment with constructive and destructive interference with this wave pulse addition tool.

W. Scheider - A simple guide to reproducing Thomas Young's famous experiment with light.

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-Dylan Thomas,
1914 - 1953



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