LIGHT WAVES

 

LIGHT WAVES !

… or sometimes it just shoots you the finger !!!

Theoretical physicists have argued that light is a wave … which implies the existence of a medium in which the wave may propagate.

Others aver that light is certainly a particle.

Violá! (sic) Note 1  

Others, bridging the gap with strings of melodic harmony, have decided that the truth lies – not in between – but in both camps. 

“Light is both a particle and a wave!”

To those who advocate the wave form, I ask “What and where is the medium?”

For the particle advocates,  I ask “What is the mass of a beam of light?”

        Notes:

1 Voilá : Function: interjection. Etymology: French, literally, “see there” —  used to call attention, to express satisfaction or approval, or to suggest an appearance as if by magic. 

   Viola: a misplaced violin.  (“What’s  nice fiddle like you doing in a piece like this?”)