Timeline for What is the significance of wavelength when referring to light (in layman's terms)?
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| May 20, 2016 at 18:01 | comment | added | anna v | In layman terms, light is composed of photons, a photon is not light. similar to "A building can be made out of bricks. Bricks are not buildings". see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… | |
| May 20, 2016 at 17:47 | comment | added | anon01 | it seems so fitting when The Photon conveys information... about... light | |
| May 20, 2016 at 17:34 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| May 20, 2016 at 17:09 | answer | added | Bill Alsept | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Jan 13, 2016 at 18:01 | answer | added | user103775 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 22, 2015 at 15:33 | comment | added | The Photon | Key point: when we talk about the wave in electromagnetics we are not talking about the position of the photon oscillating (the photon doesn't "go up and down") We are talking about an oscillating electrical field. The peaks and troughs of the wave are where the electrical field minima and maxima occur. The wavelength is the distance between two locations where the of the field reaches its maximum value. | |
| Aug 22, 2015 at 14:44 | answer | added | rmhleo | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 22, 2015 at 14:34 | history | asked | Neil Graham | CC BY-SA 3.0 |