Researcher: The electron not only receives the expected momentum, but additionally one third of the photon momentum that actually should have gone to the atom nucleus. The sail, (electron), of the boat, (nucleus), therefore “knows” of the impending accident, (collision from the photon), before the cords tear and steals a bit of the boat’s (nucleus’s) momentum.
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We are invited to consider a simpler perspective on the laws of physics
Kowacs: In other words, the book explains how electromagnetic fields comprise the electron mass.