alleryStart learning →De Broglie's 1923 proposal was based on the hope that nature is:
AEntirely static
BDiscontinuous
CFully symmetric
DWholly chaotic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Fully symmetric
1. The proposal rested on an aesthetic expectation.
2. In 1923 de Broglie made a radical proposal.
3. It was based on the hope that nature is symmetric.
4. If light can behave as matter does, matter should behave as light does.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 29 'Quantum Physics', sections 29.1-29.8_
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