An
independent scholar and philosopher, Wilfrid Boisvert was
born and raised in Morinville, Alberta. Boisvert graduated
from the Edmonton Jesuit College (an associate institution
of Quebec's Laval University) with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
He pursued an education in agronomy at Olds School of Agriculture,
where he graduated in 1926. He continued his studies at the
University of Alberta and graduated with a B.Sc. in Agriculture,
in 1932 at the age of 28.
In 1948 he began writing what would become his life's work: The Principles of Reality, a comprehensive philosophical
treatise.
In
1953, Boisvert self-published
his first smaller book following his discovery of the discontinuity
of motion. The publication was called Theory of Instantaneous Motion and it provided a theoretical explanation of quantum
motion.
Boisvert
enlisted the assistance of his son Adrien, and the two eventually developed a technique that would consistently secure photographic evidence of the quantum leap at the atomic level. In 1973 he self-published
his next book, The Discontinuity of Motion.
He
continued to refine his experimental techniques, and in 1988 self-published
The Mechanics of Motion, wherein he identified
the duration of the atomic moment and demonstrated that the
quantum leap exists as the sole displacement in all possible
motion.
Boisvert
suffered a debilitating stroke following The Discontinuity of Motion and prior to publishing his final and most definitive work, The Principles of Reality. He was forced to end his experiments and writing as his
health continued to worsen. He died December 20, 1998. His son, Adrien Boisvert, passed away in April 2010. Publication and promotion
of his life's work is being continued by his grandson.
