 |
| Practical demonstration of the theory |
Theory of light specifically referring to the corpuscular theory of light, set forward by Sir Isaac Newton, states that light is made up of small discrete particles called corpuscles (little particles) which travel in straight line with a finite velocity and possess kinetic energy.
Though Newton's theory remained in force for more than 100 years, if failed to answer the most important question which has troubled humankind for centuries altogether. The unanswered question related to harnessing the power of ordinary light from artificial for lighting man made items like a cigar.
This illusive question remained unanswered for centuries. Ultimately, Padma Bhushan Shri Rajinikanth ji answered this question in the year 2002. He explained the entire concept in a 214 page book titled, Rajinikanth’s theory of Physics, Volume III. For the benefit of our readers, we have provided the abstract provided by him.
“Throw a beam of your torch light on a mirror with a refractive index 100 at an angle of 17.63 degrees. The reflected beam hits the ceiling and then further hits the wall before striking the cigar. The reflected light due to high air friction and friction at the wall gets converted into heat which in turn gets converted into fire in 0.001256 micro seconds. The resulting fire lights the cigar.”
We hope that he will keep illuminating our lives with such ground breaking theories in the future.
