Collective Electrodynamics.
Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism. mitpress 
In this book Carver Mead offers a radically new approach to the standard problems of electromagnetic theory. Motivated by the belief that the goal of scientific research should be the simplification and unification of knowledge, he describes a new way of doing electrodynamics--collective electrodynamics--that does not rely on Maxwell's equations, but rather uses the quantum nature of matter as its sole basis. google
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See also The Nature of Light: What are “Photons”? pdf
Carver Mead.
Gordon & Betty Moore Professor
of Engineering & Applied Science, Emeritus. site