Select the right option in the following

Question

Select the right option in the following (A) Christian Huygens, a contemporary of Newton established the wave theory of light by assuming that light waves were transverse (B) Maxwell provided the compelling theoretical evidence that light is a transverse wave. (C) Thomas Young experimentally proved the wave behaviour of light and Huygens assumption (D) All three statements given above correctly answers the question ‘what is light’

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Maxwell first proved it mathematically that light waves are transverse in nature.

Q. Select the right option in the following

Christian Huygens, a contemporary of Newton established the wave theory of light by assuming that light waves were transverse

Maxwell provided the compelling theoretical evidence that light is a transverse wave.

Thomas Young experimentally proved the wave behaviour of light and Huygens assumption

All three statements given above correctly answers the question ‘what is light’

Maxwell first proved it mathematically that light waves are transverse in nature.