Anekāntavāda

  Electromagnetic Waves and Anekāntavāda Today we all know much about electromagnetic (EM) waves. We use them in almost every area. Examples are radio waves in communication, Microwave cooking, and X-rays in the Health Sector. However, the characteristic of EM waves was a disputed topic. Isaac Newton believed that EM waves are a collection of particles. As he was the greatest polymath of his time, almost everyone believed that. His contemporary Christian Huygens suggested that EM is a wave. But Isaac Newton was most famous then, and thus Idea of Christian Huygens remained in a dump for 100 years. Thomas Young challenged the idea of the particle nature of EM waves with his Double Slit Experiment. Later Experiments of Augustin Jean Fresnel supported the wave nature of EM waves. Also, the electromagnetic theory of Maxwell predicted the speed of light correctly. Thus, almost everyone started to believe that EM waves have a wave nature only. But wave nature of light failed to expl...