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Who put forward the wave theory of light?
Christiaan Huygens
What did the corpuscular model of light predict about the speed of light in a second medium?
The speed of light would be greater
Who confirmed the prediction about the speed of light in water being less than in air?
Léon Foucault
Which model of light explained the laws of reflection and refraction satisfactorily?
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In which year did Descartes give the corpuscular model of light and derived Snell’s law?
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Who initially gave the corpuscular model of light and derived Snell’s law?
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In which book did Isaac Newton further develop the corpuscular model of light?
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Who put forward the wave theory of light?
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What did the wave model predict about the speed of light in a second medium?
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Who confirmed the prediction about the speed of light in water being less than in air?
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