How Electromagnetism and Quantum Mechanics Work, and Where Physics Went Wrong
How Electromagnetism and Quantum Mechanics Work,
and Where Physics Went Wrong
Presented by Dr. Hans G. Schantz, Senior Principal Technical Staff, nouSystems, Inc.
Abstract: This talk presents the central thesis of the Fields & Energy Project: electromagnetism is not best understood as the action of a single entity, the photon, endowed with the mutually contradictory properties of localized particle and non-localized wave. Instead, electromagnetic phenomena emerge from the interaction of two distinct elements: spatially extended fields that behave as waves, and energy that, in the quantum limit, is transferred in discrete amounts. Fields guide energy. Through examples drawn from fields and their interactions, antenna theory, and atomic emission and absorption, this talk demonstrates how the fields-and-energy model provides a conceptually coherent and technically productive framework. This perspective clarifies long-standing puzzles associated with radiation reaction and wave–particle duality and connects Maxwellian theory, quantum emission and absorption, and engineering practice within a unified narrative. The broader aim is to recover conceptual clarity in the foundations of physics, to reestablish continuity between classical and quantum descriptions, and to examine the historical and philosophical developments that shaped modern interpretations. By restoring a disciplined distinction between fields and energy, the talk argues for a simpler and more intelligible account of electromagnetic processes, one capable of unifying principles across physics and engineering.
This talk is a summary of the material Hans is collecting in his three-volume, Fields & Energy trilogy. Book I: Fundamentals & Origins of Electromagnetism is available on Amazon, and he is currently serializing Book II: Where Physics Went Wrong on his Fields & Energy Substack.
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- University of Alabama at Huntsville
- Huntsville, Alabama
- United States
- Building: ENG 258
- Room Number: 258
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Dr. Hans G. Schantz