Chapters on light

To most of us, the high school physics courses of today are removed somewhat from our general trend of thought. Nevertheless, let us consider them for the moment. They are essentially the same as they were some years ago — fair enough, perhaps, in some branches of physics since Archemedies´ principle, Charles´ and Boyles´ laws, Newton´s laws of motion and the like, are fundamental truths which will never change as far as we are concerned. But what about these chapters in the physics texts which deal with light — that visiongiving wave motion by means of which we are able to see what goes on about us?