I have established this Web site to share some of my theories and interests in the field of physics. I have been exploring physics as a hobby for many years, although my background is in chemistry.

Science classes portray science in two different ways. In general, science is presented as reasonable and understandable. However, Relativity, Quantum Mechanics and Particle Physics are presented as mystical and non-intuitive. There is the strong implication that only a few geniuses have the mathematical abilities to understand these subjects at all.

I submit that this attitude negatively impacts society. It promotes mysticism in general, frustrates inquisitive minds, and belittles people, implying they are incapable of understanding these things themselves, and therefore must trust some "authority".

It is true that difficult mathematics was often involved in "discovering" these subjects, but it seems that simpler math and physical models such as the kind used by 19th century physicists can often produce many of the same equations and predict the same quantities earlier, more difficult math produced. The following papers are simple and intuitive approaches to these supposedly intractable subjects.

Special Relativistic Contraction and Mass Increase Derived from Physical Models
Quantum Mechanics: De Broglie Derivation
Velocity of an Orbiting Electron
General Relativistic Time Dilation

Masses of Nucleons Based on Their Size
Fundamental Particle Structures
Addendum to "Fundamental Particle Structures": Aspects of Particle Structure that Result in the Phenomenon of Electric Charge 
The Apparent Source of Gravitational and Electrical Fields   NEW July, 2007