Thomas Young e o resgate da teoria ondulatória da luz: Uma tradução comentada de sua Teoria Sobre Luz e Cores.

This paper contains a commented translation to Portuguese of Thomas Young's On the theory of light and colours, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London in 1802. With this translation, we intend to discuss the contribution of Young to the development of the wave theory of light and also to offer resources to promote discussions about the nature of scientific knowledge in teaching and learning of Science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]