Natura światła i jej implikacje dla rozwoju fizyki
The nature of light and its implications for the development of physics

Author(s): Grzegorz Pawłowski
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: light; geometric optics; wave optics; quantum optics; physics history
Summary/Abstract: A synthetic view of the history of research on the phenomena of geometric-, wave- and quantum-optics to clarify the nature of Light and the extraordinary influence of these research on the development of the entire modern physics has been made. The most important discoveries and the concept development in this field, from the ancient ideas to modern concepts of split photons, are reviewed. The article shows a cyclical evolution of scientific views and return to earlier concepts in a new forms, which have enriched the physical knowledge with a new ideas, such as quantum, wave-particle duality, relativity, quantum statistics, quantum entanglement or quantum information.

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