Who first demonstrated the splitting of white light using a prism?

Albert Einstein

Isaac Newton

Thomas Edison

Michael Faraday

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B. Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was the first to demonstrate the splitting of white light into its spectrum using a prism.

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