alleryWho proposed the idea of matter waves in 1924?
ADe Bordeaux
BDe Beaumont
CDe Boisbaudran
DDe Broglie
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. De Broglie
1. The proposal extended wave-particle duality to matter.
2. In 1924 the French physicist Louis Victor de Broglie proposed it.
3. So the correct answer is de Broglie.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part II, Ch 11 'Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter'_
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