No full-text available
To read the full-text of this research,
you can request a copy directly from the author.
The Big Bang Never Happened
... The origin of the Big Bang, that is, the state of "existence" which resulted in a Big Bang, is a mathematically obscure state -a "singularity" of zero volume that contained infinite density and infinite energy. Why this singularity existed, how it originated, and why it exploded, cannot be explained, and this state of affairs has led many scientists to question and challenge the validity of the Big Bang theory (Arp et al. 2004;Eastman 2010;Lerner 1991;Ratcliffe, 2010;Van Flandern 2002). ...
... However, it has also been pointed out that an accelerated expansion limited to the most distant regions of the known universe, is incompatible with an explosive origin, but instead is indicative of an attractive force, i.e. a "universe-in-mass" black hole whose super-gravity is effecting red shifts and illumination, creating the illusion of a universe which is accelerating as it speeds away, when instead the stars closest to the hole are speeding faster toward their doom (Joseph 2010a). Other scientists have also pointed out that the interpretation of red shifts as supporting a Big Bang, is also flawed and lacking validity (Arp et al., 2004;Lerner 1991;Ratcliffe 2010;Van Flandern 2002). In fact, there is little evidence to support the belief that red shifts are accurate measures of distance or time (Arp et al., 2004;Ratcliffe 2010) and they are so variable and effected by so many factors that estimates of age, time, and distance can vary by up to 3 billion years following repeated measurements, over the just a few years, of the same star (Joseph 2010a). ...
... This discovery, and the interpretations of its meaning, in fact, convinced many who supported an an infinite or "steady state" universe, that the Big Bang model was the correct one. Not all are convinced, however, and many have expressed their doubts (Arp et al. 1990;Lal 2008;Lerner 1991;Ratcliffe 2010;Van Flandern 2002). ...
Inflationary Big Bang model is the generally accepted theory for the origin of universe. Nonetheless, findings in observational astronomy and revelations in the field of fundamental physics over the past two decades question the validity of the 'Big Bang' model as a viable theory for the origin of the universe. This paper examines a few of the various factors which undermine the theory of the Big Bang, including the organization of galactic superstructures, the Cosmic Microwave Background, distant galaxies, gravitational waves, red shifts, and the age of local galaxies.
... 391-400;417-418. In The Cosmic Sphere, I assumed the accuracy of certain plasma cosmology claims by physicists Hannes Alfvén and Eric Lerner (see Lerner 1991), as well as the interpretation of quasar redshifts by astronomers Jayant Narlikar (1991) and Halton Arp (1994), and the iron whisker reinterpretation of the cosmic microwave background by Arp et al. (1990). However, I have since abandoned these views in light of further evidence that has emerged against them from mainstream sources. ...
... Regarding the plasma cosmology (Lerner 1991) and the redshift periodicity (Narlikar and Arp 1993;Arp 1994), those too I no longer hold to have any merit. That's not to say there isn't a role for plasma physics to play in cosmology or no other way of interpreting cosmological redshifts, but they are not to be found with these approaches. ...
In a 1999 book entitled 'The Cosmic Sphere', the author proposed an unconventional model of the Universe intended to solve conceptual and empirical problems facing the Big Bang theory. The author has since had second thoughts, however, and has concluded that his proposed Cosmic Sphere Model (CSM) of the Universe is flawed and cannot be accurate. In this article, the author provides an overview of 'The Cosmic Sphere' and CSM, points out the errors of both, analyzes the implications of the errors, and closes with a few words about a future philosophical publication on cosmology.
... Aristotle is reputed to have expressed it this way: "The notion that there could be nothing that preceded something offends reason itself". The alleged big bang could not possibly have happened [1][2][3][4]. ...
... The universe has no beginning. The mythical big bang never happened [1][2][3][4]. ...
For almost a century, the prevailing belief has been that the universe was created by a big bang singularity. This scientific impossibility has become a firmly entrenched belief because of (a) an unwarranted preconception; (b) misunderstanding the nature of redshift; (c) miscalculations; and (d) misinterpreting evidence. When these misconceptions are swept away, we are left with the inescapable conclusion that the alleged big bang could never have happened, that there is no point in time at which time began, and that from our perspective the universe has always been here. The universe is a timeless, limitless, endless, infinite expanse. Within this infinite expanse, matter is being created continuously-as evidenced by two galaxies recently discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope that were created hundreds of millions of years after the alleged big bang. Galaxies sit within a cosmic web of gaseous filaments that stretch throughout the universe. These filaments appear to be a creation field wherein particles become hydrogen, then helium, then new stars.
... As Alfvén had predicted, the simulations suggested that the arms of spiral galaxies are formed by giant vortex filaments carrying electric currents towards the galactic center. This unusual and elegant theory is backed by lab research (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and astro-observations [11]. The only thing missing was the cause of the angular momentum! ...
... The only thing missing was the cause of the angular momentum! Can the Alfvén model be extrapolated to the largest scale?... Maintaining that "the Big Bang never happened" Alfvén suggested that his plasma vortex filaments, given enough time, will grow and organize the entire universe into a complex web of magnetic fields, electric currents, and plasma -a cosmic power grid that gathers matter around and along its network [11]. If only there was a source for the necessary rotation! ...
... Sky is an expression that refers to everything above humans 41 even though it does not shade it. 42 Because of this sense, the term 'sky' can encompass a wide range of contexts, from the atmosphere that surrounds the earth to the most distant galaxies from the earth. 43 When the sky is described as a roof in three verses in the Qur'an (Q.S al-Baqarah [2] : 22, Q.S Ġāfīr [40] : 64 and Q.S al-Anbiya' [21] : 32) Allah uses the term 'building' twice to describe its sturdiness in shading, namely in Q.S al-Baqarah [2] : 22, and Q.S Ġāfīr [40] : 64: Nadiah Thayyarah stated that the description is exactly as the discovery of modern science which reveals the fact that the sky is not empty as believed by previous scholars, but is determined by matter; both gaseous 44 and solid matter and light matter. ...
The difference in the mention of "heaven" in the Qur'an, sometimes as singular (samāʼ) and sometimes plural (samāwāt), raises questions because they both have the same meaning, "heaven", without any obvious difference. A contemporary approach proposes that samāʼ refers to the context of a verse that is global, while samāwāt refers to a more detailed context. This study aims to find differences in the use of the two terms in verses that discuss the creation of the sky, with the aim of understanding the meaning of "generality" and "detail" in the creation of the sky. This research uses a literature method by referring to classical and contemporary interpretations, without involving field studies. The results show that when the Qur'an mentions the chronology and duration of the creation of the heavens, the term samāwāt is used, while for general depictions, the term samāʼ is used more frequently, although sometimes samāwāt is also used. The purpose of this research is not only to uncover the implicit meaning in the Qur'an, but also to show the magic of language and science in the text. Thus, this research aims to bridge the gap between religious understanding and modern science, especially in the context of the creation of the sky.
... In 1991 Lerner published a book titled \The Big Bang Newer Happened". 47 After 32 years, his proposal seems the only one that will push cosmology forward. ...
Evidence-based cosmology (EBC) is a cosmological model that has no theoretical presumptions. In EBC, every element in the model has a corresponding element in physical reality that is observed and measured. The EBC is related to the real observable universe by a bijective function of set theory. Supermassive black holes (SMBH) in the centers of galaxies are rejuvenating systems of the universe. In the center of SMBH energy density of superfluid space is so low that atoms become unstable and fall apart into elementary particles. SMBHs transform old matter into fresh energy in the form of jets that are composed of elementary particles. This transformation of old matter into fresh energy is permanent, it has no beginning and it will not have an end. Rotation of SMBHs is rotating local superfluid space which is the physical origin of galactic rotation curves.
... Вам нужно объяснить почему эта обезьяна делает то, что она делает и никакое количество других обезьян не может объяснить поведение этой обезьяны (Goff, 2021). Замечу, кстати, что если теория большого взрыва будет в конечном счете признана неверной, как считают некоторые (Lerner 1991;Rowland, 2020), то это не отменит необходимости объяснения тонкой подстройки, но полностью устранит возможность привлечения для этого объяснения теории множественных вселенных. ...
What is the meaning of life? What is the nature of the human mind, love, morality? All of these questions tend to be answered and explained in "natural science" terms. Life arose out of inanimate nature by random physical and chemical factors and one should hardly look for any sense in it; man is the product of natural selection and reason, love and morality, are the result of chemical and electrical processes in the brain. Since these questions are among the most important for human beings, due to the unquestionable authority of the natural sciences, the proposed answers can and already do have a major impact on all areas of human life, from economics and politics to mental health and the subjective well-being of the individual. Does this perception of the world and one's place in it make one happy? Sociological studies clearly say no. Adherents of this worldview, however, argue that no matter how unpleasant it may seem, one should have the courage to accept it, because it is consistent with the scientific evidence. But is this true? Does the modern scientific picture of the world really allow for all these far-reaching conclusions? People who are professionally involved in science know that it almost never provides answers to worldview questions. All empirical facts and scientific theories can be interpreted in different ways and the choice of one interpretation or another is largely determined by one's worldview position, not vice versa. Although the book is called "Worldview Problems of Neuroscience", and most of it is indeed devoted to neuroscientific problems and their philosophical interpretation, it deals with a wider range of questions, which form the basis of the worldview of most modern people. Author tries to understand whether the reductionist materialistic worldview that dominates today, especially in the neurosciences, is really capable of plausibly explaining the current evidence about the nature of the relationship between mental processes and the physical world. The book concludes by outlining modern philosophical positions alternative to orthodox physicalism and tries to summarize them in a unified system.
... Additional results about the universe by GFST are found in the articles [3] [4] [5] [6]. A non-expanding universe is experimentally stated by Lerner [7] [8]. The redshift in a non-expanding space is given in [9] and Siegel [10] also asked the question of an expanding space. ...
... He stated that the equality of the energy densities of starlight and the CMB is (believe it or not) «just a coincidence». According to Lerner (2007): ...
We present the history of estimates of the temperature of intergalactic space. We begin with the works of Guillaume and Eddington on the temperature of interstellar space due to starlight belonging to our Milky Way galaxy. Then we discuss works relating to cosmic radiation, concentrating on Regener and Nernst. We also discuss Finlay-Freundlich's and Max Born's important research on this topic. Finally, we present the work of Gamow and collaborators. We show that the models based on an Universe in dynamical equilibrium without expansion predicted the 2.7 K temperature prior to and better than models based on the Big Bang.
... He stated that the equality of the energy densities of starlight and the CMB is (believe it or not) «just a coincidence». According to Lerner (2007): ...
We present the history of estimates of the temperature of intergalactic space. We begin with the works of Guillaume and Eddington on the temperature of interstellar space due to starlight belonging to our Milky Way galaxy. Then we discuss works relating to cosmic radiation, concentrating on Regener and Nernst. We also discuss Finlay-Freundlich's and Max Born's important research on this topic. Finally, we present the work of Gamow and collaborators. We show that the models based on an Universe in dynamical equilibrium without expansion predicted the 2.7 K temperature prior to and better than models based on the Big Bang.
... However with the sufficiently small nucleation rate, required to get ample inflation, these bubbles never coalesce because the space between the bubbles undergo inflation and the visible universe is left empty (graceful exit problem). [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] A solution to the graceful exit issue was found in 1982 by Linde 10 and separately by Albrecht and Steinhardt 11 with the formulation of the new inflationary theory which was based on the second-order phase transition where the potential has no potential barrier so that this model do not require tunnelling. 12 In this case, ϕ started at the unstably hilltop of the potential where the scalar field within a fluctuation realm is very homogeneous (∇ϕ ∼ 0) and if the crest of the potential is satisfactorily levelled, the field will begin to turn over slowly (φ ∼ 0) down to the global minima which is the vacuum state. ...
In this paper, we study the semiclassical evolution of a “coherently oscillating massive scalar field”. This field is nominally linked to the spatially levelled Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) metric. By use of two-mode quantum optical states formalism, we evaluated the power-law cosmology with scale factor as a power function of cosmic time. In the oscillatory phase of scalar field, it was found that, in all the four different combinations of quantum states, quantum scalar field obeying the time-dependent Schrödinger equation leads to the power-law expansion, in good agreement with that of the matter-dominated era. However, in the semiclassical theory of gravity in contrary to the classical description of gravity, we obtained two behavioral solutions corresponding to two different pattern evolution of the scale factor. This behavioral pattern evolution of scale factor of the universe has an important quantum implication associated with it.
... COBE satellite data of the CMB also conflicts with BBT expectations in two ways. Firstly, the microwave background varies only by less than one part in a hundred thousand and cannot explain how super-clusters, sheets, walls, and filaments separated by immense voids in the large-scale distribution of galaxies could have formed in less than 100 billion years [25]. Secondly, the COBE temperature data displays unequivocal dipole anisotropy [26], believed to be due to the Earth's motion relative to a co-moving reference space that follows the general expansion of the universe. ...
... The solid facts based on evidence are as follows: (I) The universe began with the "Big Bang", 30-32) the name of "Big Bang" is given by Hoyle. 49) However, other theories have been proposed, [50][51][52] although some of their arguments seem to be questionable. (II) The universe is expanding forever or shrinking to the point called the "Big Crunch". ...
Since the time of Boltzmann about 130 years ago, relationships between entropy and life have been debated. The life span of individal organisms, succession-development of ecological systems, and biological evolution have been shown to expressed by the "Max-Min Entropy Production Principle (MMEP)": entropy production increases with time in the early stage (birth-growth), and decreases with time in the later stage (senescence-death). Thus, entropy principle for the time course of biological evolution has been completely established: the "Biological Thermodynamics" is completed as shown in this article. Entropy in the universe has increases from Big Bang to the present time and the "Maximum Physical Entropy Principle" holds when proton decay and black hole evaporation are observed, but these have not yet been observed. The validity of the assertion of Clausius, "The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum", and the validity of the Second Law of Thermodynamics in the universe have not yet been established at present (2018); they depend on the observations of proton decay and evaporation of black holes, and these observations are left for future studies. In the case that protons do not decay and black hole do not evaporate, the Second Law of Thermodynamics also cannot be proved to be correct in the universe.
... How could the universe arise form nothing? What triggered the creation process [11]? Something arising from nothing is a logical contradiction. ...
... This left BB as the dominant cosmology but still subject to criticism. Recently Lal (2010) and Joseph (2010) have continued major earlier criticisms of Big Bang cosmologies (Ellis, 1984;Lerner, 1991;Disney, 2000;Van Flandern, 2002). Whereas most of theses criticisms have been of a theoretical nature this paper concentrates on whether observational data supports BB or a static cosmological model, curvature cosmology (CC), described below. ...
... It is not clear, if neutrinos exist at all (Mathis, 2013) therefore "solar neutrinos" case is unsettled. Finding high redshift objects in low redshift galaxies (Arp, 2005) as well as just isotropic cosmic microwave radiation background (Lerner, 1992) challenges Big Bang cosmology. One of the pillars of astrophysics and cosmology-Kirchhof's law of thermal emissionhas recently been shown to be wrong (Crothers, 2017). ...
Stellar rotation and factors from palette of Tesla/Alfven have obviously caused mentioned errors. Shortcomings of astrospectroscopy are highlighted.
... Entropy concept is frequently used in many scientific disciplines: physics , equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics [60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70], statistical mechanics [89,91,95], cosmology [50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59], life sciences [42][43][44][45][46]86], chemistry and biochemistry [60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67], geosciences [85], linguistics [84], social sciences [83], and information theory [41,69,74,88]. ...
Entropy concept was introduced by Clausius 160 years ago, and has been continually enriched, developed and interpreted by the researchers in many different scientific disciplines ever since. Thermodynamics and other scientific disciplines face several simple but crucial questions concerning the entropy concept. Thus, it is frequently possible to notice a misuse of entropy. Sometimes unbelievable confusion in the literature is summarized by von Neumann's sentence: "No one knows what entropy really is." Four major questions stand before thermodynamics. (1) How many kinds of entropy are there? (2) What is the physical meaning of entropy? (3) Is entropy a subjective or an objective property? (4) Is entropy in any way related to information? This paper attempts to describe the roots, the conceptual history of this important concept and to describe the path of its development and application in different scientific disciplines. Through this we attempt to give some possible answers to the questions mentioned above.
... A particular type of unorthodox cosmological model, plasma cosmology, was proposed by Swedish physicist Oscar Klein and developed and defended with great vigour by his compatriot, Nobel-prize laureate Hannes Alfvén (e.g., Alfvén & Mendis, 1977;Alfvén, 1979). It reached a wide audience through its popular exposition in a book by Eric Lerner (1991), also a plasma physicist. Simply stated, plasma cosmology argues for symmetry between matter and antimatter, with rather slow annihilation, which could, in principle, provide the energy contained in the CMB (and much else). ...
We historically trace various non-conventional explanations for the origin of the cosmic microwave background and discuss their merit, while analyzing the dynamics of their rejection, as well as the relevant physical and methodological reasons for it. It turns out that there have been many such unorthodox interpretations; not only those developed in the context of theories rejecting the relativistic (“Big Bang”) paradigm entirely (e.g., by Alfvén, Hoyle and Narlikar) but also those coming from the camp of original thinkers firmly entrenched in the relativistic milieu (e.g., by Rees, Ellis, Rowan-Robinson, Layzer and Hively). In fact, the orthodox interpretation has only incrementally won out against the alternatives over the course of the three decades of its multi-stage development. While on the whole, none of the alternatives to the hot Big Bang scenario is persuasive today, we discuss the epistemic ramifications of establishing orthodoxy and eliminating alternatives in science, an issue recently discussed by philosophers and historians of science for other areas of physics. Finally, we single out some plausible and possibly fruitful ideas offered by the alternatives.
... Si la dialéctica "integracióndiferenciación" es el motor de la ciencia, tal motor se encuentra totalmente detenido. Como algunos opinan actualmente (Smolin, 2006;Lerner, 1991), el progreso aparente de la ciencia que observamos en la actualidad es, en lo fundamental, progreso de la explotación del conocimiento científico. ...
Resumen: A partir del fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial se extiende, partiendo de los EEUU, una comprensión y uso de la ciencia subordinadas al proceso de producción. Esto determina el avance, sobre el campo científico, de un proceso de administración de la investigación y de la formación por parte del Estado y, a través de él, del aparato productivo. Esa subordinación de la actividad científica a la utilidad productiva promueve la extinción del pensamiento crítico en favor de un pensamiento puramente instrumental. Y con ello el sofocamiento de la crítica y la creación en favor de la explotación de la ciencia existente: la ciencia normal. En la formación, se pasa de una formación destina-da a cultivar la racionalidad y el examen crítico, valorando el conocimiento como un bien en sí mismo, a una formación destinada a promover la aceptación acrítica de la ciencia normal y su uso y " acrecentamiento " meramente profesionales, valorando el cono-cimiento sólo en la medida en que es útil desde el punto de vista mercantil o de segu-ridad. Todo ello, reproducido de modo casi coactivo por los métodos de evaluación y las políticas de publicación, que castigan a los investigadores críticos y creativos y premian sistemáticamente la repetición, el uso técnico y la subordinación instrumental a los paráme-tros de la ciencia normal. Estos mecanismos tienden a ampliar la reproducción de estos rasgos y a empujar a la extinción aquellos que no se ajustan a sus objetivos. Palabras clave: ciencia normal; explotación; capitalismo académico; pensamiento instrumental. Abstract:
We historically trace various non-conventional explanations for the origin of the cosmic microwave background and discuss their merit, while analyzing the dynamics of their rejection, as well as the relevant physical and methodological reasons for it. It turns out that there have been many such unorthodox interpretations; not only those developed in the context of theories rejecting the relativistic ("Big Bang") paradigm entirely (e.g., by Alfven, Hoyle and Narlikar) but also those coming from the camp of original thinkers firmly entrenched in the relativistic milieu (e.g., by Rees, Ellis, Rowan-Robinson, Layzer and Hively). In fact, the orthodox interpretation has only incrementally won out against the alternatives over the course of the three decades of its multi-stage development. While on the whole, none of the alternatives to the hot Big Bang scenario is persuasive today, we discuss the epistemic ramifications of establishing orthodoxy and eliminating alternatives in science, an issue recently discussed by philosophers and historians of science for other areas of physics. Finally, we single out some plausible and possibly fruitful ideas offered by the alternatives.
This final chapter draws the discussion on the governance of maritime and outer space together beginning with the philosophical implications and significance of both sectors and how these interrelate. The benefits and drawbacks and the public attitude to outer space are discussed and then the significance of religion to both sectors. Individualism and its importance in both is outlined. Power and its relationship to governance for both sectors is considered along with its geopolitical dimension, polycentricity and the nation-state. Ethics are central to both maritime and outer space exploration and exploitation, and this leads in to a further consideration of colonialism, empire-building and the possibility of alien life. Finally, the chapter ends with a wide discussion of art, architecture, music and painting in both sectors and how these relate to the wider considerations of governance in both the maritime and outer space sectors.
This chapter provides a detailed discussion of the history of exploration and exploitation of outer space, its geopolitical positioning and place in society, and in so doing it provides a wide-ranging framework for a consideration of its governance and in comparison with that of the maritime sector. It also provides the basis for suggested developments for governance in the future in the light of a wide range of considerations.Fundamental outer space governance principles are proposed and issues such as property rights, tourism, mineral exploitation, ethics, morals and the role of aliens are discussed. Philosophical considerations are detailed including issues such as commodification and markets, infantile narcissism, power balance and its significance to those central to outer space, religion (including Christianity, Catholicism, Judaism and Islam) and the pro-space movement. The contribution and significance of architecture, literature and art are also outlined, whilst the different relationship of outer space to political conventions including capitalism and the historical importance of Marxism/communism in the USSR is considered.
Preface: This collection of my peer reviewed articles provides factual disproof for all the following erroneous hypotheses: • Big Bang theory • Expansion theory • Hubble's Law • Minkowski Spacetime • General Relativity • Gravitational Wave theory • Doppler-redshift fatal error • Dark Matter theory • Dark Energy theory • Cosmic Microwave Background theory • Higgs Boson theory When the above misunderstandings are swept away, we are left with three inescapable conclusions: 1. The universe is a boundless, endless, limitless, infinite expanse without beginning or ending. 2. Observed phenomena in cosmology can be better explained by Newtonian physics and optics. 3. Knowing that redshift is the attenuation of light enables us to calculate how far light travels before it drops out of sight.
This chapter anchors the Tree of Knowledge System to three proposals in natural philosophy. It begins with a brief review of the work of Nicolai Hartmann, a well-known twentieth-century philosopher, who developed a sustained argument for the claim that nature could be divided into four ontological layers of the inanimate, animate, psyche, and human. The correspondences between his four layers and the dimensions of Matter, Life, Mind, and Culture on the ToK are explored. The chapter shifts to a more recent argument developed by the philosopher Lawrence Cahoone, who argued that the conclusion from natural science is that the natural world comes in different “orders,” which he calls the physical, material, living/biological, mental, and cultural. This also aligns directly with the ToK, whereby Cahoone’s “physical” corresponds to the “Energy” that resides beneath the Matter dimension. The chapter concludes by summarizing Roy Bhaskar’s critical realism and showing how his critique of the epistemic fallacy and his picture of scientific/natural ontology also directly aligns with the Tree of Knowledge System and larger philosophy of science given by the Unified Theory of Knowledge.KeywordsPhilosophy of scienceMindOntologyNaturalismCritical realism
I started thinking about the concept of Earth expansion in 1987. I’m one of several individuals who “discovered” the concept for themselves, only to find that many others had discovered it long before me.
This is my chapter from the book, The Hidden History of Earth Expansion. Available in both Hardback, Paperback and eBook editions. Publisher details: https://www.oneoffpublishing.com/historyee.html
An introductory chapter describing the early science innovators researching Earth expansion, mainly during the second half of the 20th century. The chapter presents the work of: Carey, Creer, Egyed, Fairbridge, Heezen, Hilgenberg, Holmes, Irving, Jordan, King, Meservey, Runcorn, Tharp and several others. The chapter begins the book, The Hidden History of Earth Expansion, which continues with specially written chapters by some of the most well-known current researchers into Earth expansion: Hugh G. Owen, Cliff Ollier, Karl-Heinz Jacob, James Maxlow, Jan Koziar, Stefan Cwojdziñski, Carl Strutinski, Stephen W. Hurrell, John B. Eichler, William C. Erickson, David Noel, Zahid A. Khan, Ram Chandra Tewari, Vedat Shehu and Richard Guy, who recount their own personal histories. The book is widely available from most good bookshops in both hardback and paperback editions. Details available at publisher's website: http://www.oneoffpublishing.com/historyee.html
Preview containing table of contents and sample pages.
Book can be ordered at: https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/marinus-anthony-van-der-sluijs/on-the-origin-of-myths-in-catastrophic-experience-vol-2-the-earths-aurora/paperback/product-zndv7q.html?page=1&pageSize=4.
In this second volume, the earth’s magnetic field and aurora take centre stage. Geomagnetic reversals are rare occasions when the field dwindles, the north and south magnetic poles trade places, and minor poles come into play. This process remains incomplete in the much more frequent case of a geomagnetic excursion. Throughout human history, people have personified and mythologised the aurora. If a geomagnetic excursion had occurred within human memory, they could have observed spectacular transformations of the lights, even at low latitudes, and enshrined these in myths, monuments, images and rituals. Many elements of the primordial condition described worldwide may thus be explained – awe-inspiring luminous rings, arcs and columns, often dynamic and structured, that seemingly held up a gloomy, low-hanging sky.
Evidence is cited for two excursions that could have informed age-old traditions in this way. Specialists dispute both and a way out of the controversy is proposed. The unique effects that a geomagnetic reversal or excursion must have on the aurora are further explored through possible contemporary parallels on other solar-system bodies and in experimental work on terrellae, of which a historical survey is given. A wealth of new information is provided throughout on the history of geomagnetic studies and auroral physics.
With a foreword by Dr. C. J. Ransom.
XXXIII + 516 pages, including 168 illustrations and index.
Preview containing table of contents and sample pages. Book can be ordered at: https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/marinus-anthony-van-der-sluijs/on-the-origin-of-myths-in-catastrophic-experience-vol-1-preliminaries/paperback/product-1dgg78kn.html?page=1&pageSize=4.
Creation myths around the world reveal an intricate network of recurrent counterintuitive motifs, describing a time when the sky was low, the stars did not yet shine, multiple suns appeared, a ‘world axis’ in the form of a tree, ladder or giant man connected the earth with the sky, a devastating flood or fire ended the old order, and so forth. The present work, in multiple volumes, seeks an origin for these traditions in a series of extraordinary natural events relating especially to the earth’s transition from the last glacial period to the Holocene.
This first volume sets the stage for the interdisciplinary hypothesis. Essential lines of research receive a historical introduction: comparative mythology, catastrophism and the study of the mythical world axis in relation to the earth’s rotation. Various astronomical and meteorological interpretations that are not strictly catastrophist are explored for several types of myths about the sun, the moon and the world axis, but leave many of the most intriguing traditions unexplained. It is argued that a structural core of the worldwide mythology of ‘creation and destruction’, in which the cosmic axis takes pride of place, points to a specific period of dramatic natural circumstances in real prehistoric time. A new synopsis is provided of this universal mythological substrate. It emerges that the mythical world axis cannot have been based on a single object seen or imagined at one of the poles, as has usually been supposed. This surprising conclusion paves the way for the innovative geomagnetic theory proposed in volume 2.
With a foreword by Professor Trevor Palmer.
XXXV + 441 pages, including 117 illustrations and index.
we analyzed hte history of modern cosmology based on the redshift phenomenon and on the cosmic background radiation (CBR).
Abstract. We analyse the history of modern cosmology based on the redshift phenomenon
and on the cosmic background radiation (CBR). We show the models of different authors
for the interpretation of the redshift and how the tired light models predicted the correct
value of 2.7 K temperature previous to Gamow and collaborators.
Key words: Cosmology, Cosmological Redshift, History of Cosmology, Cosmic Background Radiation
By the use of coherent and squeezed thermal states formalism, we analyzed the phenomena
of particle creation when coherently oscillating a homogeneous scalar field (Inflaton)
in semi-classical gravity. We also obtained an estimated solution for the semi-classical
Einstein equation in non-classical thermal states formalism perturbatively, which is similar
to the power-law expansion of classical Einstein equation. This solution, apart from
a particular condition, shows oscillatory behavior in nature. We also analyzed a coherently
oscillating homogeneous scalar field, in a thermal vacuum, coherent thermal,
squeezed thermal vacuum and coherent squeezed thermal states, suffering from particle
creation, and created particles are showing oscillatory behavior. Particle production can
be raised due to thermal and quantum effects. We also studied quantum fluctuations of
a homogeneous scalar field in the above-mentioned non-classical thermal states.
Article Summary This article presents a new hypothetical framework for planet formation that utilizes a transformation rather than a derivation mechanism. Since this transformation mechanism takes a different approach to planet formation, it radically departs from orthodoxy in this field, an orthodoxy whose foundation, in my view, is built on the inherently unstable ground of the nebular or accretion hypothesis in all of its permutations. Historical Background Descartes' vortex cosmology was presented to the world in 1644 with the publication of his Principles of Philosophy. Although it is now a historical relic of scientific thought, its influence lasted for over a century, particularly on continental Europe. During its reign, the followers of the "tourbillon physique"-which included such Enlightenment luminaries as Leibniz, Hooke, Huygens, Rohault and Perrault-believed they were on the cutting edge of science. But, it eventually succumbed to Newton's synthesis of terrestrial and celestial physics. While I will not review the details of Descartes' vortex cosmology or delve into the reasons for its demise-there are many scholarly works available on both subjects-there is one aspect of it that merits mention. This relates to the explanation given therein for the formation of planets. The mechanism involves the collapse or dissolution of a vortex in which a stellar body is embedded and its migration to another vortex as a transformed planet. This occurs when the stellar body becomes completely encrusted over by a type of gross matter, which Descartes identified with Galileo's then recently discovered sunspots, and causes the migration to occur. Thus, Descartes envisioned the birth of planets as a transformation process that begins with the death of stars. Although he was careful to couch his planetogony in hypothetical terms-mindful of the fates that befell Galileo and Bruno at the hands of Cardinal Bellarmine-he most certainly believed that this process actually takes place in nature. Nonetheless, this transformation hypothesis was abandoned along with the rest of the vortex cosmology, ending the possibility for its further development by future generations of Cartesian cosmologists. But, we should ask, does this matter in light of the many subsequent attempts that have been made to explain the origin of planets based solely on the firm ground of Newtonian dynamics?
Infinite Universe Theory presents the ultimate alternative to the Big Bang Theory and the common assumption that the universe had an origin. Author Glenn Borchardt starts with photos of the “elderly” galaxies at the observational edge of the universe. These contradict the current belief that the universe should have increasingly younger objects as we view greater distances. He restates the fundamental assumptions that must underlie the new paradigm. Notably, by assuming infinity he is able to adapt classical mechanics to “neomechanics” and its insistence that phenomena are strictly the result of matter in motion. He shows in detail how misinterpretations of relativity have aided current flights of fancy more in tune with religion than science.
Borchardt demonstrates why only Infinite Universe Theory can provide answers to questions untouched by currently regressive physics and cosmogony. His new modification of gravitation theory gets us closer to its physical cause without calling upon attraction or curved spacetime or “immaterial fields.”
This is the book for you if you have doubts about the universe exploding out of nothing and expanding in all directions at once, that the universe has more than three dimensions, or that light is a massless wave-particle that defies the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Borchardt has put forth a solid case for an Infinite Universe that extends in all directions and exists everywhere and for all time.
“What a great read! Thanks so much for a book full of great ideas. I love the Q&A format; it’s very satisfying to have good answers to clearly stated questions.” -Rick Dutkiewicz
“Truly brilliant.” -Jesse Witwer
“A radical, daring, and innovative demolition of regressive physics, from the creation of ‘something out of nothing’ to the ‘God Particle.’” -William Westmiller
"Glenn Borchardt's book uses the hammer of Infinity to explain and destroy the junk theories that plague 'Official' physics today. This is a book that should be used in college courses, to give students a basic understanding of how physics is done. Physics has 'gone off the rails' for a century and it is books like Borchardt's that will return physics from its current unscientific and anti-materialist base and back on to a scientific and materialist road." -Mike Gimbel
“What a fascinating read!” -Juan Calsiano
Staggering as they may seem to us, interplanetary distances are puny compared to those to reach stars. Our Solar System is located about two-thirds of the way from the center of our Milky Way Galaxy to the rim, about 25,000 light-years from the galactic center on the inner edge of the Orion arm, see Fig. 8.1. Our Galaxy has a diameter of approximately 100,000 light-years and is roughly shaped as a luminous disk 12,000 light-years thick near its hub, decreasing to about 1000 light-years near its “arms.”Open image in new windowFig. 8.1Artist’s view from astronomical measurements of our Galaxy and its arms (Courtesy Astronomy Trek)
Another cosmology that has been getting a lot of attention lately is plasma cosmology. The original theory was formulated by Oskar Klein of the University of Stockholm, and Hannes Alfvén of the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, but in recent years it has been modified considerably by Alfvén alone. It is an interesting but controversial theory, and at the present time it is far from complete.
In Chapter 1 we saw that despite its success, the big bang model still has a number of difficulties. In this chapter we will take a closer look at these difficulties, and at a number of difficulties that are not necessarily associated with the big bang, but arc problems nevertheless.
We have seen that the big bang theory, or at least parts of it, have problems. How serious are they? Is the big bang theory really on the way out? Is it likely to be replaced by a new and better theory in the near future? Before we attempt to answer this, let’s go back and take another look at the difficulties we discussed in an earlier chapter. How many of them have been resolved, and how good are the resolutions?
This treatise employs the deductive method that is frequently utilized in the physical sciences to the study of "Matter man" and his survival on the planet earth. It offers useful information leading to future investigations of man's place in the universe, and how he can cater for it. There are several useful propositions that he challenges us to investigate. For example, he argues that war should be abandoned, as it suggests a "symptom" of a disorder. He also views "superiority" not as inherent nature provided to a man from the beginning but attained through hard work, and most of all, human beings are of one origin but isolation and inappropriate behavior toward one another have caused others to be more advanced than others.
This book discusses the unique problems facing Ghana, a country where Gold was excavated in such great quantities that it was named after it. The author is a native of this country who philosophizes on how the military dictators, the ones that ruled this shining star of Africa for many turbulent years should be dealt with. He proposes certain tangible changes that could lead this country to become truly liberated and be decorated as well as industrialized, to provide jobs and a higher standard of living for its citizens. To boost its image abroad, the theory of superstructure democracy is deliberately propounded to deal with those political problems facing this nation, and many others in the African context. Ghanaians are particularly advised to utilize the powers of these conventional authorities as a supplement to block certain forces in the context of its power structure that brings chaos to the political process in the country.
Parts of this could logically be included in Chap. 3 under Ideas. However, the story of ideas underlying current theories of cosmology are too complex to reduce to a few names and dates, although I will start with one. For most modern astronomers, the logical starting point of modern cosmology was Vesto Slipher’s discovery (1912) of the “red shift” (Z) of the in absorption lines for hydrogen (and other elements) in starlight from distant galaxies. The red shift, toward the infra-red part of the spectrum, indicates slightly lower frequencies (longer wavelengths). It can be explained in terms of relative motion, like the “Doppler effect”. (The Doppler effect is what makes the sound of an approaching siren a little higher in pitch than the sound of a siren moving away). By 1920, 36 of 41 galaxies for which data had been obtained, were seen to be moving away from our galaxy, the Milky Way. Current data puts the fraction much higher.
This book discusses evidenced for and the evolution of our universe from the Big Bang. It critically examines non-theistic answers to “What caused the Big Bang?—Naturalistic humanism, Steady State and Plasma Cosmologies, Antecedent Universe Cosmologies, Big Fizz, Big Divide and Quantum Observership Cosmologies, Big Accident Cosmology, Atheistic Anthropic and Final Anthropic Principle Cosmologies. It examines classical and process concepts of God, and it offers contemporary Teleological and Cosmological Arguments for God in light of recent developments in cosmology. It concludes that God did it. This book won the “2001 Book of the Year” award from the VIBS Editors.
What is time? What is its beginning, if we may speak of a beginning? All these questions are not stimulated by a crypto-metaphysical need, but by the epistemological approach itself. It is enough here to think of Ilya Prigogine, who has made of the concept of time the main task of his scientific and philosophical research. In this horizon, we must accept what Stephen Hawking himself said about the beginning and the end of time, in physic-cosmological meaning, as we can accept the meaning of experienced time, which stands in the evolution of our history, which begins with us, coincides with the origin of our biological time, or of our biological times, to end with the end of our biological history on a macroscopic scale. Our evolutionary history is, of course, underlined by experienced time, the charioteer of our changes, but in a dialectical relation with chronological, chronometric, chronosophic times, in a relation of one among many, which produces states of suffering. But it does not make this evolutionary history less interesting. So, at the end of our journey, at least the consciousness of being “inhabitants” of time and bearers of change appears, and this occurs whether we have behind us big cataclysms or thermic Death.
General relativity is critically reviewed on its theoretical framework, predictions, experimental tests, applications, and its impact to particle physics and cosmology. It has been shown that all three crucial experimental tests of general relativity are either invalid or not convincing. It has also been shown that general relativity has some insoluble inconsistencies, such as the singularity problem which leads to concepts like black hole, white hole, worm hole, multiverse, reversal of causality, and the multitude inconsistencies with the Big Bang cosmology. The rotational relativity is also discussed. It has been shown that no global rotational transformation exists and the rotational relativity is in conflict with the constancy and limit of speed of light. The well accepted concept of space warping by gravity is reviewed in depth. It is found that the two analytical solutions, the Schwarzschild metric and the Kerr metric, both have zero Riemann curvature scalar. It means that the space time is flat, which is borne out by the fact that the mass density parameter that measures the curvature of cosmos cannot deviate from the flat space by more than 10−58. An alternative theory to interpret the cosmic redshift—the dispersive extinction theory (DET)—is also presented. DET allows a classical stable universe infinite in space and time.
ResearchGate has not been able to resolve any references for this publication.