Wave vs particle question
Hello everyone. I am reading John Stoddard’s “Quantum Physics…”. I am trying to read for understanding so it has been extremely slow-going. Perhaps my question will be answered in later chapters, but goodness knows when I will get there.
At one point Stoddard states that from the perspective of the photon it arrives everywhere, instantaneously. Meaning that because it travels at the speed of light, time is compressed to zero. So for my question: is the high speed of the photon why we can perceive it as a particle rather than a wave? Is its movement towards us compressing our perceived length of the photon? Is the photon from its perspective just an infinitely increasing wave and thus why it is everywhere instantly? Does it exist everywhere it has ever traveled simultaneously?
I appreciate any guidance as I am trying to build a good working model of this in my head. Thanks in advance!