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Light and Electromagnetic Waves
How can light behave as both a particle and a wave? How do electromagnetic waves propagate through empty space?
Timothian Model's Short Answer...
The medium's constituents propagate waves, much like sound waves. Density differences refract light.
Details
Light as oscillations in the chunk medium:
No wave-particle duality needed; light is always a wave phenomenon in the chunk medium.
Explains interference, diffraction, and polarization through medium mechanics.
Provides a tangible mechanism for light propagation, eliminating action at a distance.
Potentially explains variations in light speed through different medium densities.
Related Documents in the Full Timothian Model
The Nature of Light and Electromagnetic Waves
The Nature of Space
The Nature of Motion
The Nature of Entropy
The Nature of Electromagnetic Asymmetry