KnowraWave theory of lightLinked fromLinked fromThe 13 pages that link to Wave theory of light, each with the reason it gives.All 13Related 4Narrower topic 3Compared with 6Photoelectric effectCompared with: Classical wave theory alone could not account for the effect’s frequency threshold and energy dependence.OpticsCompared with: It accounts for interference and diffraction that simple particle models cannot.Corpuscular theory of lightCompared with: It explained diffraction and interference more naturally than Newton’s corpuscular theory.Newton's ringsCompared with: It supplied the interference explanation that Newton's corpuscular theory did not provide.OpticksCompared with: It contrasts with the particle-like account that became associated with Newton’s optics.David BrewsterCompared with: Its account of polarization differed from Brewster’s preferred corpuscular interpretation.