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Old 06-25-2007   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: electro magnetic radiation, imposable?

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Originally Posted by monoufo View Post
You don't sound much like a scientist, and have terrible spelling. I hope these are indicators of your lack of age. how old are you?
That's quite an unfair attack. This question:

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Originally Posted by hessiess View Post
if it is transmitid with photons then it would be a particle and not a wave

how can somthing be a particle and a wave?
is an astute observation, and if he's come up with it himself, it shows a good reasoning of what he's being taught in school.

Hessiess, here's a tutorial on wave-particle duality (that's the principle that states that something can act as both a wave and a particle [that's a greatly simplified explanation]) that I (well, Google actually) found on an A-level physics site:

S-Cool! - AS & A2 Level Physics Revision - Quicklearn

Have fun, and try to keep your interest in physics alive.
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