I am Terry Dewey, a retired consultant who used to work on real time safety critical systems, specialising in software aspects and working predomintly within the aviation industry. Still having an interest in safety issues in general, I plan to continue to use this website to provide information about various safety topics of concern.

However, my main activity now is to carry out unfunded scientific research specifically in areas of interest to me.

Having studied Maths and Physics at Leicester University, and a few years ago went into semi-retirement, I have gone back to my 'roots' to investigate problems I have read about over the years, but not had the spare time to follow up. Currently my main pursuit is in the field of Quantum Physics, in particular the nature of light.

In order to present the results of my research for others to view/use/comment on, I have written a paper on the wave/particle duality conundrum, which can be accessed via the 'Physics' tab.

The Abstract is:-
Selectively considering light as being either a wave or a particle (the photon) in order to explain different behaviours lacks scientific robustness. For those behaviours currently explained by a wave-like nature, this paper considers what the characteristics of the photon must be in order for it to exhibit each of these behaviours. Effectively, deducing the physical parameters of a photon from an analysis of observations. The basic thesis is that the photon is a particle of energy in the form of a quantum of space-time distortion, akin to a quantized piece of a gravitational wave. How this gives the photon apparent momentum, why the photon cannot be an EM wave and related issues are suggested below. Alternative explanations are given for behaviours such as diffraction, refraction, partial reflection, interference (double slit and interferometry) and polarisation. It is hoped that these alternative explanations can be developed to the point where wave/particle duality is no longer considered to be a valid concept.


The Keywords are:-
photon, duality, diffraction, partial reflection, refraction, interference, polarisation, double slit, electron, least action, gravity.