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"Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma." Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark.

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Heresy means anything against the established belief Which creates doubts in the minds of even intelligents whereas dogma implies an established opinion which is questioned by only a few. For example, wave theory of light came into existence only as a heresy in the beginning but finally ended as "dogma" whereas Einstein and other replaced it by quantum theory of light.

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