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Who put forward the wave theory of light in 1678?
AChristiaan Huygens
BIsaac Newton
CRene Descartes
DThomas Young
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Christiaan Huygens
Huygens, a Dutch physicist, proposed the wave model of light in 1678 and used it to explain reflection and refraction.
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