Aerial view of Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall, England (Photo credit: jacksonnick/Envato)
As quantum physics is the theme for this issue of SciTech†, I thought I’d try to explain something about a related subject: the wave-photon duality of light (and all electro-magnetic radiation). We all remember from our physics classes that this duality exists, but there are some (at least to me) fascinating aspects to it that one is generally not aware of.
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Arnold Rots is a Ruling Elder and retired (though still active) astrophysicist, living in Waltham, MA. He has worked at observatories in the Netherlands, Virginia, West Virginia, New Mexico, India, Maryland, and, finally, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, MA.
