About Hans G. Schantz
Is electromagnetism due to one thing: a photon which is somehow simultaneously a localized point particle and a non-localized wave? Or is it two different yet complimentary things: non-local fields guiding localized energy? Alex Macris over at the Contemplations on the Tree of Woe provides a good summary.
Hans argues that conventional thinking on electromagnetism, as currently taught and understood, is based on false premises, and that a return to the original, physically grounded formulations of the 19th century (especially those of Faraday, Maxwell, Heaviside, and Hertz) can provide a clearer, more coherent foundation for physics. Underlying this is a broader critique of modern scientific culture: that it has become overly formalistic, dismissive of alternative interpretations, and hostile to foundational questioning. Hans’s goal is to reinvigorate scientific inquiry by recovering lost insights and re-centering electromagnetic theory on physical understanding rather than abstract calculation.