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’

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

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