[2] viXra:0702.0046 [pdf] submitted on 25 Feb 2007
Authors: Roger Ellman
Comments: recovered from sciprint.org
Lorentz [of the Lorentz transforms and Lorentz contractions fame] contended against
Einstein that there had to be a medium in which electro-magnetic waves exist and propagate,
which medium would of necessity be an absolute frame of reference for the universe. Einstein
won the dispute, but not by solid reasoning. Now solid reasoning and new data not available to
Einstein and Lorentz show that Lorentz was correct and that Einstein's Theory of Relativity
should correctly be termed Einstein's Principle of Invariance.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics
[1] viXra:0702.0042 [pdf] submitted on 25 Feb 2007
Authors: Roger Ellman
Comments: recovered from sciprint.org
Much of contemporary science treats description and quantification of what
happens but fails to treat the causality of the events � how, why, through what
mechanism they happen. For example, gas pressure is causally explained by the kinetic
theory of gases but the cause of gravitation is not investigated nor presented; only the
description and quantification of gravitation is addressed. But, without understanding of
the causality of physical processes it cannot be said that they are well understood.
Understanding of causality cannot be addressed solely by mathematical analysis
and manipulations. It requires insight into the actual physical processes.
Related is the issue of impossibility. Sometimes clearly impossible hypotheses
or interpretations of observations are seriously proffered. Some examples are contended
instantaneous action at a distance involving "entangled" particles' quantum states and
contended universe accelerating expansion, which raises problems of conservation of
energy and thermodynamic principles of increasing entropy let alone that of anti-gravity.
Addressing issues solely by mathematical analysis and manipulations facilitates
neglecting the practical possibility or impossibility of the interpretation.
These issues apply to the Einstein-Hubble concept of space, the Einstein general
relativity treatment of gravitation, quantum mechanics in general, and general uncertainty
as compared to the original per Heisenberg.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics