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THE theory that light is a series of spherical waves progressing from the source with velocity c, and the theory that light is a group of corpuscles moving in straight lines from the source with velocity c, have seemed mutually incompatible. Yet we must inquire whether this apparent incompatibility may not be due to some error in our traditional modes of thought, for no prediction of either of these two theories has yet failed to be confirmed. Indeed, we have reached the point where it seems justifiable to summarise a part of our information regarding light in the following manner.
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LEWIS, G. Light Waves and Light Corpuscles. Nature 117, 236–238 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117236a0
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