Abstract
Light was recognized as the subtlest kind of matter quite a long time ago. Light has dominated human experience both in the natural form as well as when artifically produced. From the study of the propogation of light it was learned that light propogates rectilinearly.
Talk presented at the Symmetries in Science II Conference held at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, March 23–26, 1986
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Sudarshan, E.C.G. (1986). Light and Group Theory. In: Gruber, B., Lenczewski, R. (eds) Symmetries in Science II. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1472-2_43
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