CJ on Mathematics and Science

This is a continuation of Corruption of Modern Physics 1  as a celebration of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics to be delivered on Dec 10 by K...

When now winter approaches and energy costs are sky-rocketing, you may find yourself desperately seeking means to survive from freezing to d...

Phlogiston theory and radiation theory with "back radiation" shares a common theme: Both describe  phenomena taking place as i...

Planck's constant $h$ as The Universal Quantum of Action was  introduced by Planck in 1900 as a mathematical statistical trick to su...

There are two descriptions of the basic phenomenon of a radiation from a heated body (blackbody or greybody radiation) starting from a d...

Leibniz develops a solution of the mind-body problem arising from the dualism of Descartes as an analogy to the well known physical phenomen...

Computational Blackbody Radiation  describes radiative energy transfer as a resonance phenomenon between resonators connected by standi...

In climate science it is common to view radiative heat transfer as a two-way flow of IR-photons particles carrying lumps of energy back a...

A photon  is as elementary particle the carrier of the electromagnetic force.  A phonon is as collective elastic excitation in a...

I will now argue that phlogiston theory has similarities with photon theory of light in the case of infrared radiation of global climate....

Satyr pushing a Nymph on a swing as part of the Dionysian cult. The essence of blackbody radiation can be understood from a model of a swin...

The idea of light as a stream of particles or photons has been questioned and still is: Lamb : Only a comedy of errors and historical accid...

In the discussion on Planetary Energy Budget on Climate Etc. Eli Rabbet makes the observation : The wavelength of IR light from the surface...

Is light electromagnetic waves described by Maxwell's equations, or a stream of "light particles" or "photons" as de...