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Newsletter Volume 14, Number 1 June 1 Newsletter Volume 14, Number 1 June. 2008 SUMMARIES by Robert Heaston have longer summaries. In this Issue: TH The Editor accepts re- Summaries by Topics of all of 15 NPA CONFERENCE papers. sponsibility for any mis- A. Philosophy of Science p. 1 This issue of the NPA Newsletter summarizes the papers interpretation of the pa- B. Special Relativity p. 3 of the 15th Natural Philosophy Alliance Conference, which pers. C. Electromagnetism p. 5 D. Quantum Mechanics p. 6 was held on 7-11 April 2008 at the University of New Mexico All of the papers E. Aether p. 8 in Albuquerque, NM. We are grateful to the American Asso- were grouped under eight F, Cosmology p. 11 ciation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for being able topics. These topics G. Mathematics p. 13 to hold our 15th Annual Conference in conjunction with the (number of papers in pa- H. General Relativity p. 14 83rd Annual Meeting of the AAAS-Southwest and Rocky Moun- Index of Titles & Authors p. 15 rentheses) are: Philosophy Articles: tain Regional Meeting (SWARM). We also offer our thanks to of Science (12); Special Long distance particpation the University of New Mexico and the Sandia National Labo- Relativity Theory (11); proves successful p. 17 ratories who were the local hosts. Electromagnetism (5); Conference Ptrocedings p. 18 The theme for the 15th Annual NPA Conference was Quantum Mechanics (15); “Building a Better Physics Paradigm”. Thomas S. Kuhn Aether (17); Cosmology (13); Mathematics (8); and General popularized the concept of a paradigm, mostly oriented to- Relativity Theory (7). The Editor did consolidate and move wards physics, in his 1970 book The Structure of Scientific some papers under other topics after reviewing the contents Revolutions. “Paradigms are universally recognized scientific in more detail. Summaries are placed in proximity to authors achievements that for a time provide model problems and so- with similar views. A brief discussion of the highlights of lutions to a community of practitioners.” Anomalies and crises issues and results are given at the beginning of each topic provide warning signals that a paradigm is in trouble and area. needs some adjustments or radical changes. Members of NPA point out a number of trouble spots and anomalies in the cur- Philosophy of Science. Twelve papers intentionally rent paradigm and make several suggestions on what might be evaluated the past, present, and the future of the physics a better approach to physics. paradigm. Challenges are expressed as questions. Are A total of 88 summaries of papers are contained in this changes in Newton’s law of gravity necessary? Can we be- NPA Newsletter. A little over half or 47 of the summaries th lieve that the Maxwell equations are universally applicable? were papers presented at the 15 NPA Conference and 41 Is Einstein’s light postulate still valid? Are critical cosmo- summaries of papers submitted in absentia. Papers were logical data being ignored? If the big bang theory is flawed, submitted by authors from Australia, Austria, Ecuador, what should take its place? Could rearrangement of the pri- France, Germany, Greece, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, mary building blocks of the current physics paradigm pro- Russia, Sweden and the United States. If no abstract was con- vide leads to new theories? What are the connections be- tained in the “Conference Program,” or at www.worldnpa.org, tween electricity and gravity? What is dark matter? Do the no summary is included. Summaries were prepared with the laws of motion and spacetime need to be reexamined? Is the intent to report the most positive aspects that the authors con- universe finite or infinite? Does the goal of a theory of eve- cluded and how the results were obtained. But, a collective rything make sense? WANTED: An idea here that can influ- bit of advice to authors is in order. Many of the papers fail ence thinking everywhere. one or more of six criteria (most mainstream papers fail as Spencer [76]1 briefly reviewed the history of the found- well): statement of assumptions, definitions of terms, presen- ing of the Natural Philosophy Alliance and its first meeting tation of sufficient detail so as to replicate/reproduce, ability in San Francisco that featured Linus Pauling. Then she dis- to test or to observe directly or indirectly, simpler than com- cussed a series of questions and issues that will be challenges petitive approaches (Ockham’s razor), and a statement of the for the future. Is the velocity of light a constant as was postu- value added to the pool of knowledge. These are overlooked lated by Einstein? Or can we conclude that the universal in this case because a germ of an idea or a nascent talent needs time postulate, that the velocity of light is a constant relative the chance to grow. to the source at any instant, is the only postulate that is con- Notes, abstracts and complete papers, when available, sistent with all of the experiments hitherto analyzed? Is were used to prepare the summaries. Information on Newton’s law of gravity universally valid, or must it be www.worldnpa.org was particularly useful, thanks to David modified to take into account the seasonal variation that was de Hilster. Equations and special symbols were omitted be- discovered by Monti? Can we believe that Maxwell’s equa- cause of printing guidelines for the NPA Newsletter. Summa- ries average 136 words. Authors with only one paper tend to Note1: The bracketed numbers, e.g. [76], refer to the Index number on pages 14, 15 where the title and author address are provided 2 tions, as postulated by Einstein, are universally valid, or Klyushin used a Natural Philosophy Alliance must they be replaced with the New Gaussian Electromagnetic number of exam- 402 Russell Avenue Theory? We will also have to reexamine chemistry and the ples and equations Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2864 structure of the periodic table, quantum theory, quantum en- to pose his ques- Officers of NPA are: tanglement, and the promises of nanotechnology. Another tions. Domina Eberle Spencer, President, paper discusses what nuclear engineer Roger Rydin [66] and Müller [46] [email protected] Cynthia Whitney, Vice-President, some of his associates in the Natural Philosophy Alliance from Germany galilean electrodynamics (NPA) have to say about critical cosmological data that is be- suggests a list of @comcast.net ing ignored, about obvious errors in relativity theory, and nine topics that Francisco Muller, Vice-President, about new particle and gravitational theories that might point have become en- [email protected] the way to new directions in physics. All of the selected NPA trenched world- Uma Shama, Treasurer [email protected] authors point to theoretical failures in the Big Bang model, to wide in teaching Neil Munch, Secretary, unwarranted corrections made to experimental cosmological theoretical physics [email protected] data to make it fit the Big Bang model, and to conceptual er- that should be re- David de Hilster, Webmaster rors in particle physics brought about by including relativistic considered and [email protected] NPA’s website:,www.worldnpa.org theories and corrections that do not adequately explain all the tested as to their NPA Newsletter Editor: experimental data. Many of these new ideas represent simpler truth. And all of Robert J. Heaston, theoretical models that explain more experimental data, and them fail to pass [email protected] hence meet the essence of Ockham’s razor as areas worth de- the test. He gives veloping. brief comments on each topic, which are: 1) universal crea- Whitney [87] drew a blueprint of the historical develop- tion by one big bang; 2) solar systems creation from dark ment of physics in general, highlighting present-day contribu- matter; 3) circling of electrons in atoms; 4) neutron as an tions from Natural Philosophy Alliance participants in par- elementary particle, 5) the structure of neutrinos; 6) sizes of ticular. The metaphor for physics as a building project in- atomic nuclei; 7) group velocity / delay; 8) a missing fifth volves a number of unwieldy building blocks in not- Maxwell equation; and 9) nuclear forces other than electro- completely-stable relations to each other. Some of the major magnetism. building blocks were Newton, Maxwell, quantum mechanics, Rulers and clocks do not exist independently of the quantum chemistry, quantum electrodynamics, elemental par- world; they are only choices among phenomena. Time and ticle physics, special relativity, general relativity, big bang space do not exist without the other; they are the two faces of theory and the two-step light postulate. Stresses and strains the same substance. Guy [24] from France suggests that the are pointed out in the arrangement of the primary building primary substance is movement, which is associated with any blocks. Redesign/rebuilding efforts are recommended. After finite amount of matter, a finite amount of tangible reality. 15 years of nurturing within the NPA and a decade as Editor Space is associated with the cardinal aspect, the total ampli- of Galilean Electrodynamics, some of Whitney’s [88] ideas tude, the fraction of the movement; time is associated with are now getting attention. She has been asked to write articles the ordinal aspect, the process of the movement. The practi- for some “mainstream” journals. How did such a thing ever cal distinction between space and time does not refer to a start to happen? For what it may be worth to other NPA peo- pre-established break within reality, but is made possible ple with similar goals, she offered some comments on what thanks to the multiplicity of the material points of the world. has occurred. One bit of guidance that she offered was not to These considerations make it possible to reinterpret the the- try to replace existing theories such as special relativity or ory of relativity, and to re-write the Lorentz equations by general relativity theory but to build upon them in some posi- giving to time a temporary vectorial character.
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