Entries for March, 2004

On Evanescent Wave Phenomena As The Energy Coupling Mechanism Between Incident Light And The Rhodopsin Molecule

Tuesday, March 30th, 2004

In overview, I have been content in the original draft of this paper directed to the vision science field to characterize the fundamental interaction of visible light with retinal receptors as a “new type of optical antenna” wherein the regimes of classical (wave) physics and quantum theory exist “side-by-side” in the nanodomain. [… More»]

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What This Model Predicts About the Reality of “What’s out there beyond the eye?”

Saturday, March 6th, 2004

What The Geometic Model For Light Interaction With The Retina Predicts About The Reality Of “What’s Out There” Beyond The Eye

I have ordered these three sections as to “degree of speculation” placing discussion of a possible connection between this geometric model for light interaction with the retina of the eye and Julian Barbour’s timeless ideas last in the order - as (certainly!) the most speculative. [… More»]

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