Science and Inquiry discussion

Hello, I am Dilip James an author on Good Reads. I have just published a book entitled "Redefining the Electron" ISBN 979-8336047615. This book does exactly what it claims to do, namely redefines the electron. There are several problems with our current understanding of the electron. For instance, if we take the classical radius of the electron to be 2.78 x 10^-15 m then an incoming 500 nm wave length (green-blue light) would be 178 million times greater that the electron! This 500 nm green blue photon (EM wave) would also have a footprint (area) that could accommodate more than 25 million atoms. So how does this work? According to Max Planck all energy (with special reference to EMR: Electromagnetic Radiation) is quantised. That is each photon is an individual discrete packet of energy, one photon one electron is the way the photo-electric effect is described. Obviously the current description of the electron as a cloud with the atom does not fit this description. Again, it has been definitively proved with the recent invention of the rubidium optical atomic clock, that electrons within the atom oscillate at rates of hundreds of trillions of times per second and emit electrons at those rates. The older Caeisum atomic clocks that worked on the microwave frequency, did not do this, instead the whole atom was moved to a metastable state, which were then counted. The reason being that microwaves are so low energy that direct emission by the electron is not possible. In the rubidium atomic clock the atoms resonate with the irradiated frequency emitting radiation at the irradiated rate. Another problem with the current theory is that the electron within the atom is described as a wave-function (cloud if you like) this cloud absorbs a photon, moves to a higher energy level drops down to its original energy level changes shape and emits a photon equal to the difference in energy levels. What happens to recoil? In any event 'Redefining the Electron' deals with questions like these and also with questions such as why is it possible to shield an object from electromagnetic waves but not from gravity. The great thing about this book is that it offers answers. Every bit of information is supported by accredited citations. It is worth a read.

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Thanks, Dilip. Good luck with your book.