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In 1678 a Dutch physicist proposed that light travels as a wave. He was:

AHuygens
BNewton
CDescartes
DFoucault
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Huygens
1. Descartes and Newton backed particles of light. 2. The Dutch physicist of 1678 backed waves. 3. He was Christiaan Huygens. _Source: syllabus Physics Part II, Chapter 10, Wave Optics._
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