<P> Maxwell derived a wave form of the electric and magnetic equations , thus uncovering the wave - like nature of electric and magnetic fields and their symmetry . Because the speed of EM waves predicted by the wave equation coincided with the measured speed of light , Maxwell concluded that light itself is an EM wave . Maxwell 's equations were confirmed by Heinrich Hertz through experiments with radio waves . </P>
<P> Maxwell derived a wave form of the electric and magnetic equations , thus uncovering the wave - like nature of electric and magnetic fields and their symmetry . Because the speed of EM waves predicted by the wave equation coincided with the measured speed of light , Maxwell concluded that light itself is an EM wave . Maxwell 's equations were confirmed by Heinrich Hertz through experiments with radio waves . </P>
who discovered that light is an electromagnetic wave
who discovered that light is an electromagnetic wave
Maxwell
Maxwell