How a wave and particle can coexist? ==. >From Huygens / Newton’s time the light from the one hand is wave and from the other hand is particle. ‘ But what is light really? Is it a wave or a shower of photons? ‘ / N. Bohr / How to understand this coexistence? # The wave of air consists of air - particles. The wave of water consists of water- particles. The electric wave must consist of . . electrons. The light wave must consist of light- particles.
So, to understand the wave phenomena we must examine its single particle. What is a single quantum of light? We don’t know. Let us say that quantum of light is an abstract particle and then put it into another abstraction ‘ Ideal gas’, which has only one physical condition: T= 0K. What is possible to say about this abstract picture? =======. S. ==========. # "The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory starts from a paradox." / Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy, pg. 44./ # http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Complementarity/CompCopen.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.