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Beetles with brown genes escaped predation as their colour became one with the environment and they remained as if hidden. In the process they survived to reproduce more frequently than beetles with green genes. This allowed more brown genes to go into the next generation. In another sit..

Light has been regarded as waves to explain the phenomena of reflection, refraction, diffraction etc. However in 1905, Albert Einstein suggested that light has a dual character, which means, it can behave as a particle as well as a wave. It was observed that some of the experimental..

The state of reversible reaction at which the concentrations of reactants and products do not change with time is called a state of chemical equilibrium. This state can be recognized by the constancy of certain measurable properties such as pressure, density, colour, concentration, etc. A..

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation - Light has been regarded as waves to explain the phenomena of reflection, refraction, diffraction etc. However in 1905, Albert Einstein suggested that light has a dual character, which means, it can behave as a particle as well as a wave. It ..

You have studied in the previous chapter about refraction of light by lenses and also about the nature, position and relative size of images formed by lenses. How can these ideas help us in the study of the human eye? The human eye uses light and enables us to see objects around us. How ..

The branch of physics dealing with the study of optical phenomena is called optics. This can be divided into two categories, ray optics and wave optics. Wave optics describes the connection between waves and rays of light. The wave theory of light was put forth by Huygen and later modifie..

According to Max Planck's Quantum theory, radiation is not continuous but is made up of tiny packets of energy called photons. However, this theory could not explain other optical phenomena. From all the above theories it is clear that certain optical phenomena can be explained ..

Thus, this chapter on refraction helps us understand many natural phenomena like the twinkling of stars, the sparkling of diamonds, mirage etc. It also throws light on the working of the human eye and the defects of visi..

Physics is a branch of science that deals with the nature and natural phenomena. The study of physics finds great importance in our day-to-day life. The laws, formulae and calculations of physics are not merely things to be remembered from the point of view of ..