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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|11|21|mf=y}} | | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|11|21|mf=y}} | ||
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| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
| death_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
| residence = Vancouver, BC, Canada | | residence = Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
| nationality = Canadian | | nationality = Canadian | ||
| fields = [[Lawyer]], [[Judge]], [[Scientist]] | |||
| known_for = [[Gravity]], [[Ether]], [[Electricity]], [[Magnetism]], [[inertia and structure of atoms]] | | known_for = [[Gravity]], [[Ether]], [[Electricity]], [[Magnetism]], [[inertia and structure of atoms]] | ||
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'''Duncan Weld Shaw''' (November 21, 1932 – March 24, 2025) was a Canadian lawyer, retired justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and independent researcher who, after retiring from the bench, devoted himself to theoretical physics. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, he developed a concept of gravity and related phenomena founded on a revival of the [[aether]] theory of [[James Clerk Maxwell]]. | |||
==Biography== | |||
Shaw was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He earned a B.A. in 1955 and an LL.B. in 1956 from the [[University of British Columbia]]. From 1958 to 1987 he practised as a litigation lawyer with the firm Davis & Company, and he was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 1987 to 2007, and from 2008 to 2015 acted as counsel to Davis LLP in an advisory capacity. | |||
Shaw was married to his wife Pat for 64 years and had two children. He died on March 24, 2025, in Vancouver at the age of 92. | |||
==Scientific contributions== | |||
After leaving the bench, Shaw turned to the study of physics, applying what he described as a lawyer's habit of weighing evidence and logic to fundamental scientific questions. He held that the phenomena of physics should have mechanical explanations, and he pursued a physical account of the cause of gravity. | |||
Shaw's central proposal is a "flowing aether" concept modelled on the form of aether that Maxwell set out in his 1865 treatise ''A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field''. In this view space is filled with a sub-atomic substance, the aether, which flows into and is expelled from cosmic bodies. He treated inflowing and outflowing aether as two distinct states and argued that the inflow exerts a greater pushing force on atomic matter than the outflow, producing the effect observed as gravity; he used the analogy of a trout holding position in a flowing stream to illustrate the idea. His hometown's weather, in which mist condenses into rain and returns skyward, is said to have inspired the concept, which his colleague [[David de Hilster]] dubbed the "Vancouver Aether". | |||
Shaw extended the same medium as a proposed common basis for [[electromagnetism]], [[quantum mechanics]] and [[quantum entanglement]], as well as for questions of [[inertia]] and the structure of atoms. This work lies outside mainstream physics, which has not adopted aether-based models since the early twentieth century. Shaw presented his ideas at international conferences, visited the [[Large Hadron Collider]] at [[CERN]], and published several peer-reviewed papers in the journal ''Physics Essays'', including "Reconsidering Maxwell's Aether" (2014), "Aether Explanation of Entanglement" (2018), and "On Maxwell's 1865 Theory of Aether: A Step Toward Unity" (2020). | |||
==Honors== | |||
* Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers | |||
* Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) | |||
==Abstracts== | ==Abstracts== | ||
* 2016 - "[[Maxwell's Aether: A Solution to Entanglement]]" | * 2016 - "[[Maxwell's Aether: A Solution to Entanglement]]" | ||
* 2015 - "[[On the Cause or Causes of Inertia]]" | * 2015 - "[[On the Cause or Causes of Inertia]]" | ||
* 2015 - "[[On the Structure of Atoms]]" | * 2015 - "[[On the Structure of Atoms]]" | ||
* 2012 - "[[Unity Between Gravitational And Electromagnetic Forces: A Concept]]" ([http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_6536.pdf Read in full]) | * 2012 - "[[Unity Between Gravitational And Electromagnetic Forces: A Concept]]" ([http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_6536.pdf Read in full]) | ||
* 2011 - "[[Electricity and Magnetism: A Return to Aether]]" ([http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_5993.pdf Read in full]) | * 2011 - "[[Electricity and Magnetism: A Return to Aether]]" ([http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_5993.pdf Read in full]) | ||
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* 2009 - "[[On The Cause of Gravity]]" ([http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_1633.pdf Read in full]) | * 2009 - "[[On The Cause of Gravity]]" ([http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_1633.pdf Read in full]) | ||
[[Category:Scientist]] | ==External links== | ||
[[Category:Gravity]] | |||
[[Category:Aether]] | * [https://duncanshawphysics.ca/ Duncan W. Shaw Physics] – personal research website | ||
[[Category:Unified Theory]] | * [https://beyondmainstream.org/scientist/duncan-shaw/ Duncan Shaw at Beyond Mainstream] | ||
[[Category:Structure]] | |||
[[Category:Electrodynamics]] | [[Category:Scientist|Shaw Duncan]] | ||
[[Category:Gravity|Shaw Duncan]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 17 July 2026
Duncan W. Shaw | |
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| Born | November 21, 1932 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | March 24, 2025 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Residence | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Gravity, Ether, Electricity, Magnetism, inertia and structure of atoms |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Lawyer, Judge, Scientist |
Duncan Weld Shaw (November 21, 1932 – March 24, 2025) was a Canadian lawyer, retired justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and independent researcher who, after retiring from the bench, devoted himself to theoretical physics. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, he developed a concept of gravity and related phenomena founded on a revival of the aether theory of James Clerk Maxwell.
Biography
Shaw was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He earned a B.A. in 1955 and an LL.B. in 1956 from the University of British Columbia. From 1958 to 1987 he practised as a litigation lawyer with the firm Davis & Company, and he was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 1987 to 2007, and from 2008 to 2015 acted as counsel to Davis LLP in an advisory capacity.
Shaw was married to his wife Pat for 64 years and had two children. He died on March 24, 2025, in Vancouver at the age of 92.
Scientific contributions
After leaving the bench, Shaw turned to the study of physics, applying what he described as a lawyer's habit of weighing evidence and logic to fundamental scientific questions. He held that the phenomena of physics should have mechanical explanations, and he pursued a physical account of the cause of gravity.
Shaw's central proposal is a "flowing aether" concept modelled on the form of aether that Maxwell set out in his 1865 treatise A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field. In this view space is filled with a sub-atomic substance, the aether, which flows into and is expelled from cosmic bodies. He treated inflowing and outflowing aether as two distinct states and argued that the inflow exerts a greater pushing force on atomic matter than the outflow, producing the effect observed as gravity; he used the analogy of a trout holding position in a flowing stream to illustrate the idea. His hometown's weather, in which mist condenses into rain and returns skyward, is said to have inspired the concept, which his colleague David de Hilster dubbed the "Vancouver Aether".
Shaw extended the same medium as a proposed common basis for electromagnetism, quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement, as well as for questions of inertia and the structure of atoms. This work lies outside mainstream physics, which has not adopted aether-based models since the early twentieth century. Shaw presented his ideas at international conferences, visited the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and published several peer-reviewed papers in the journal Physics Essays, including "Reconsidering Maxwell's Aether" (2014), "Aether Explanation of Entanglement" (2018), and "On Maxwell's 1865 Theory of Aether: A Step Toward Unity" (2020).
Honors
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
- Queen's Counsel (Q.C.)
Abstracts
- 2016 - "Maxwell's Aether: A Solution to Entanglement"
- 2015 - "On the Cause or Causes of Inertia"
- 2015 - "On the Structure of Atoms"
- 2012 - "Unity Between Gravitational And Electromagnetic Forces: A Concept" (Read in full)
- 2011 - "Electricity and Magnetism: A Return to Aether" (Read in full)
- 2010 - "The Cause of Gravity: A Concept" (Read in full)
- 2009 - "On The Cause of Gravity" (Read in full)
External links
- Duncan W. Shaw Physics – personal research website
- Duncan Shaw at Beyond Mainstream