Hi, my name is Horst. I am a retired Engineer (and aspiring Writer/Philosopher ) currently residing in Victoria, Australia. Amongst other things, I am in the process of finishing a book: "A (nother) Theory of Light" ... I started this project in June 2021 and completed the first draft mid 2022.

After letting it "ferment" for a year or so 😀 I have recently completed the final draft and I am just putting on the last finish touch, crossing the t(s) and dotting the i(s). I have publish a few selected chapters of this book here already, on horst.asia ... for a "slow online release" ... but it is now available in full and for free (on request).

The following is a peek preview into the first few pages ...

1.0 Introduction

When I was young(er), I studied Electronics and Micro Processor Technology in Germany. A large part of my studies then, focused on electro-magnetic phenomena, photons and electrons. After obtaining my degree as an Engineer (Dipl. Ing.) I engaged in some postgraduate studies of physics (Nuclear Technology). It was also the start of the Computer Age and I was substantially involved with designing computers and writing software. This lead me onto a dual path of electronics and software design ... all the while, still being interested in physics, music, arts and philosophy.

During my 40++ years of designing hardware and software for micro controllers and signal processors, I learned how to efficiently analyse systems, how to work out the essential components that make the system tick and how to find ways to model the system in hardware/software, in order to implement certain desired functionalities, read sensors and control actuators etc. This ability to analyse systems turned out to be a great skill in other areas of life ... and in particular, recently, in understanding life and the universe itself.

It always bugged me that physics did not provide any detailed answers as to "how magnetism actually works" or "what makes electrons repel each other" or "how gravity works" ... "what a photon is" ... and it also bugged me how physicists came up with unsightly concepts such as "wave-particle duality" and the likes.

I decided to dig a little bit ... and in the spirit of Richard Feynman, the triangulation method ... creating new knowledge by triangulating from existing knowledge ... I attempted to figure out what those photons and electrons are really all about.

To do this, one has to challenge (completely ignore) some existing "opinions" that are presented as "irrefutable knowledge", in particular the opinion that photons travel in empty space and not in a "medium" (whatever this medium is).

I came to the conclusion that the electron, the positron and the photon, are ultimately the key to understanding the universe ... together with the realisation that all particles are in essence electro-magnetic phenomena that interact with each other accordingly. And last, but not least, the realisation that the phenomena of gravity (curved space) naturally evolves just as an "after thought" of torsion in space ... no graviton needed.

I realised soon too, that I don't really have the skills to provide solid mathematical proof of the concepts I developed during the "journey of triangulation and discovery", but I do have enough understanding of physics to feel reasonably confident in the outcome of this journey and the realisations arising from it.