What did Fresnel's work help disprove?
Newton's corpuscular theory
Einstein's theory of relativity
Bohr's atomic model
Maxwell's equations
Answer
Fresnel's research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, which helped disprove Newton's corpuscular theory. His work laid the foundation for modern understanding of light and its properties.
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