Question

What is Newton's theory of light?

Answer 1

1. Newton stated the property of light such as refraction and reflection can be studied only if the light is made as a particle.
2. As waves don't typically move in straight lines, Newton claimed that the geometric nature of the rules of reflection and refraction could only be explained if the light is composed of particles, which he called corpuscles.
3. He disapproved of Christiaan Huygens' study of light as waves.
4. Newton explained corpuscular theory according to which light is made up of smaller particles.
5. To explain the qualities of light, Sir Isaac Newton suggested the corpuscular hypothesis.
6. Light is made up of microscopic, extremely light particles called corpuscles, according to this hypothesis.
7. The experience of vision is produced when these corpuscles traveling in a straight line strike the retina of the eye.