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A '''photon''' is a particle of light. The term was coined by the American physical chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Should creationists accept quantum mechanics?|author=Jonathan Sarfati|publisher=CMI|url=http://creation.com/creationists-quantum-mechanics#txtRef15|accessdate=August 1, 2013|quote=Einstein called this Lichtquant or light quantum, but the American physical chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946) coined the term photon which stuck}}</ref>
A '''photon''' is a particle of light. The term was coined by the American physical chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Should creationists accept quantum mechanics?|author=Jonathan Sarfati|publisher=CMI|url=https://creation.com/creationists-quantum-mechanics#txtRef15|accessdate=August 1, 2013|quote=Einstein called this Lichtquant or light quantum, but the American physical chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946) coined the term photon which stuck}}</ref>
Photons are [[bosons]], that is, particles that have integer [[Quantum field theory#Field Bosons Mediate Action At a Distance|spin]]. In [[quantum field theory]], photons are the mediators of the [[electromagnetism|electromagnetic force]].
Photons are [[bosons]], that is, particles that have integer [[Quantum field theory#Field Bosons Mediate Action At a Distance|spin]]. In [[quantum field theory]], photons are the mediators of the [[electromagnetism|electromagnetic force]].