Rainbow which a glass prism could separate into the full spectrum of colours, rejecting the theory that the colours were produced by a modification of white light. He also showed that red light is refracted less than blue light, which led to the first scientific explanation of the major features of the rainbow. Newton's corpuscular theory of light was unable to explain supernumerary rainbows, and a satisfactory explanation was not found until Thomas Young realised that light behaves as a wave under certain conditions, and can interfere with itself. Young's work was refined in the 1820s by George Biddell Airy, who
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Pittsburgh) First Church of Christ, Scientist (Pittsburgh) The former First Church of Christ, Scientist is an historic Christian Science church building located at 635 Clyde Street, in the Shadyside section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States. Built in 1904, it was designed in the Classical Revival-style of architecture by noted Chicago architect Solon Spencer Beman. In 1977, First Church of Christ, Scientist, was designated a "Pittsburgh Historic Landmark" by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. The building was sold in 1992 to the University of Pittsburgh which has since renovated it for use as its University Child Development Center. In 2005 First