Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

The Quantum Story by Jim Baggott (2011) page 2 mentions how newton's support for the corpuscular theory of light led it to be held for a very long time, even when evidence of the wave theory of light was becoming overwhelming.

The history of light if funny.

First people thought it was a particle, as per corpuscular theory of light, notably Newton supported the corpuscular theory of light.

But then evidence of the diffraction of light start to become unbearably strong, culminating in the Arago spot.

And finally it was understood from Maxwell's equations that light is a form of electromagnetic radiation, as its speed was perfectly predicted by the theory.

But then evidence of particle nature started to surface once again with the photoelectric effect. Physicists must have been driven mad by all these changes.