Wave–particle duality is the
concept that every elementary particle or quantic entity exhibits the
properties of not only particles, but also waves. It addresses the inability of
the classical concepts "particle" or "wave" to fully
describe the behavior of quantum-scale objects.
As Einstein wrote: "It seems as though we must use sometimes the one theory and sometimes the other, while at times we may use either. We are faced with a new kind of difficulty. We have two contradictory pictures of reality; separately neither of them fully explains the phenomena of light, but together they do."
Reference:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod1.html
Animations credit: Thierry Dugnolle
As Einstein wrote: "It seems as though we must use sometimes the one theory and sometimes the other, while at times we may use either. We are faced with a new kind of difficulty. We have two contradictory pictures of reality; separately neither of them fully explains the phenomena of light, but together they do."
Reference:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod1.html
Animations credit: Thierry Dugnolle
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