Model Perspective
Jun 13, 2024 · Fundamentals
Why Light Behaves Both Like a Wave and a Particle: From Newton to Schrödinger
From Newtonian mechanics describing billiard balls with position and momentum to quantum theory’s wave‑particle duality, this article traces the evolution of physical models—highlighting de Broglie’s hypothesis, the Schrödinger equation, and the uncertainty principle—to explain why particles can exhibit both wave‑like and particle‑like behavior.
Schrödinger equationphysics fundamentalsquantum mechanics
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