Thomas Young's Original Double-Slit Experiment

Veritasium · Explainer · YouTube title: The Original Double Slit Experiment

Why it's here

HN cites it in double slit debates for its grounded demonstration of interference as classical wave behavior.

What it covers

Veritasium revisits Thomas Young's original double slit experiment with light, showing how interference supports the wave nature of light. It uses a pond-wave demonstration to explain the pattern.