- Paperback: 244 pages
- Publisher: phi Philosophical Enterprises; 1 edition (26 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0950379069
- ISBN-13: 978-0950379067
- Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 17 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,173,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book proposes a new commonsense philosophical paradigm for modern physics which solves the paradoxes of light-speed, gravitation, dark matter and black holes using rigorous mathematical proof.
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Anthony D Osborne gained his Ph.D at City University, London for his thesis, 'Gravitation and Dynamical Systems'. For more than twenty-five years, he has taught Relativity to Final Year students at Keele University, Staffordshire, where he is Senior Lecturer in Mathematics. His student textbook, 'Complex Variables and their Applications', was published by Addison Wesley Longman in 1999. His collaboration with Viv Pope began in 1982, and their first joint paper on the Normal Realist approach to Relativity appeared in 1987. N.Vivian (Viv) Pope worked for almost twenty years in the telecommunications industry, leaving to become a mature-age student at the University of Wales, Bangor. Graduating in the Philosophy of Science, he then became a lecturer at the Burton-on-Trent Further Education College, Staffordshire where he taught Liberal Studies and Philosophy. He was also tutor/counsellor for the Open University. He took early retirement from these posts in order to concentrate on his researches into the philosophical foundations of modern physics. He has published numerous papers and books on the subject, both on his own and in collaboration with Anthony Osborne.
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Light Speed, Gravitation and Quantum Instantaneity,
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This book is for those who really want to try to understand the universe and have a basic background to maths and physics roughly comparable to the UK A-level or above. Trained academic physicists will find it very hard to entertain the possibility that some of their hard-gained knowledge might be wrong....most web-discussions focus on side-tracking the ideas in this book. But unlike the normal loony-science books, this book is academically rigorous and challenges anyone to disprove any of the step-by-step mathematical proofs. I personally couldn't actually find anything wrong with the mathematics although I cannot say I agree with all the conclusions.
I am not certain yet exactly what I think of this book. It is certainly one which keeps you awake wondering where the mistakes are and then why you hadn't thought of all these arguments yourself. The authors have not made many friends in academic circles and so their work is not as widely circulated as perhaps it could have been. Prof. Alan Winfield of UWE, UK is an exception as he has publicly stated the views are worthy of further analysis and has written the foreword. The book starts off with a very philosophical statement of the approaches taken in physics leading up to the standard model which is generally accepted today. However as with all scientific subjects, there are always some areas which would benefit from more thorough research. There are several well-known problems with current physics. The problems are essentially that our current understanding of the world has problems at very small scales and at very large scales. There are also anomalies such as the Pioneer Anomaly which is not easy to understand using current techniques. Other problems are reconciling Gravity with other known forces. However by re-writing some of our fundamental laws (essentially just rearranging the existing equations, not making changes to them!) the authors claim to have found some solutions to some of the major problems throughout physics. Their conclusions do not require us to believe in dark matter and multiple dimensions of the universe. The absolutely best part is that these theories can be TESTED. Yes, there are actually experiments which could be done to prove or disprove the thesis presented....and it would be much much cheaper than the Large Hadron Collider! So if you are interested in maths and physics with a possibility of learning something new or even like the challenge of trying to find the mistake, this book is excellent. If however you have a professional reputation to promote you will probably hide this book well away. It really is the most blasphemous scientific book I have ever seen.
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