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	~~My name is~~ Kevin Harkess ~~and I live in Hampshire in England. I work as~~ an electronics engineer, and ~~have a strong interest~~ in ~~physics and hold~~ a BSc(Hons) physics ~~degree. I?m also a local councillor for Brighton Hill South~~.		'''Kevin Martin Harkess''' is an English electronics engineer and independent physics researcher based in Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in physics and is the author of the 2003 book ''Wisp Unification Theory: Particles of Nothingness'', in which he sets out an alternative model of [[gravity]], [[relativity]] and the [[unification]] of physics.

	I have always been interested in finding out what the fundamentals of physics are, not just how they work. Im a creative thinker who spends a lot of time thinking about things that others take for granted.		==Biography==

	~~It was creative thinking that was responsible for my failure~~ to ~~complete my college~~ work. ~~I was so engrossed~~ in developing an energy theory that ~~I failed~~ to ~~allow time to study~~ and ~~pass my exams~~. ~~I had to force myself to give up~~ the theory ~~and left college in a depressed state with no prospects of going on to university to study mathematical physics~~.		Harkess lives in Basingstoke, Hampshire, and works as an electronics engineer. He developed an early interest in the fundamentals of physics, seeking to understand not only how physical processes work but why. By his own account, an absorption in developing an energy theory disrupted his college studies, and it was only some fifteen years later, after seeing the word "fractal" on a book cover in a public library, that he returned to the subject and conceived the idea that became his Wisp Unification Theory. He subsequently spent about a decade developing the theory.

	~~I vowed never to study physics again. But 15~~ years ~~later, whilst in the town library, I saw the word "fractal" on a book?s cover, and had an amazing thought about how force and matter interact. It didn?t take more than~~ a ~~few second to make my mind up that I would be spending~~ the ~~next decade developing this idea~~.		Outside of his scientific interests, Harkess served for eight years as a local councillor for the Brighton Hill South ward in Basingstoke.

	~~''Wisp unification theory'' did take 10 years to develop, but it worked out much better than I expected - it fully explains how gravity works, and how special relativity works and where it goes wrong.~~		==Scientific contributions==

	~~I believe that there~~ is ~~always a simple answer~~ to ~~everything~~. ~~If someone explains something to you in~~ a ~~way that seems clear~~, ~~then there is a good chance that they know~~ what ~~they?re talking about~~ and ~~it might be true~~. ~~If on~~ the ~~other hand~~, ~~their explanation leaves you more confused, or you feel~~ that ~~you?re not clever enough to understand them~~. ~~Then~~ the ~~chances are that they are not really sure themselves~~, ~~but are trying~~ to ~~pass on an answer that someone else gave them! Modern~~ theoretical physics ~~is a bit like that~~.		Harkess is known for his ''Wisp Unification Theory'', which he first published in 2003 and continued to develop thereafter. The theory proposes a medium-based, mechanical picture of physics in which forces and matter interact through what he terms "wisps," and offers an account of how [[gravity]] arises. Harkess presents the theory as an alternative to [[special relativity]], arguing that Newtonian space and time are retained while special relativity is reinterpreted; on this basis he also discusses phenomena such as dark matter around galaxies. The work is self-described as "almost the theory of everything" and is presented as an independent, non-mainstream contribution to theoretical physics.

	==Books==		==Books==

	* 2003 - "[[Wisp Unification Theory: Particles of Nothingness]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Wisp-Unification-Theory-Particles-Nothingness/dp/0954369416/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1225132987&sr=11-1 Read in full])		* 2003 - "[[Wisp Unification Theory: Particles of Nothingness]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Wisp-Unification-Theory-Particles-Nothingness/dp/0954369416/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1225132987&sr=11-1 Read in full])

			==External links==

			* [http://www.harkess.org.uk/ Wisp Unification Theory (author's website)]

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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Kevin Harkess
| image = Kevin Harkess 716.jpg
| alt = Kevin Harkess
| fields = [[Electrical Engineer]]
| residence = Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom
| nationality = English
| known_for = [[Relativity]], [[Gravity]], [[Wisp Theory]], [[Unification]]
}}

My name is Kevin Harkess and I live in Hampshire in England. I work as an electronics engineer, and have a strong interest in physics and hold a BSc(Hons) physics degree. I?m also a local councillor for Brighton Hill South.

I have always been interested in finding out what the fundamentals of physics are, not just how they work. Im a creative thinker who spends a lot of time thinking about things that others take for granted.

It was creative thinking that was responsible for my failure to complete my college work. I was so engrossed in developing an energy theory that I failed to allow time to study and pass my exams. I had to force myself to give up the theory and left college in a depressed state with no prospects of going on to university to study mathematical physics.

I vowed never to study physics again. But 15 years later, whilst in the town library, I saw the word "fractal" on a book?s cover, and had an amazing thought about how force and matter interact. It didn?t take more than a few second to make my mind up that I would be spending the next decade developing this idea.

''Wisp unification theory'' did take 10 years to develop, but it worked out much better than I expected - it fully explains how gravity works, and how special relativity works and where it goes wrong.

I believe that there is always a simple answer to everything. If someone explains something to you in a way that seems clear, then there is a good chance that they know what they?re talking about and it might be true. If on the other hand, their explanation leaves you more confused, or you feel that you?re not clever enough to understand them. Then the chances are that they are not really sure themselves, but are trying to pass on an answer that someone else gave them! Modern theoretical physics is a bit like that.

==Books==

* 2003 - "[[Wisp Unification Theory: Particles of Nothingness]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Wisp-Unification-Theory-Particles-Nothingness/dp/0954369416/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1225132987&sr=11-1 Read in full])

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