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- Subject: "The Universe of MOTION" (book review)
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- Date: 13 Oct 92 19:18:13 -0600
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- (Book Review):
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- "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION", by Dewey B. Larson, 1984, North
- Pacific Publishers, Portland, Oregon, 456 pages, indexed,
- hardcover.
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- "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" contains FINAL SOLUTIONS to
- most ALL astrophysical mysteries.
-
- This book is Volume III of a revised and enlarged
- edition of "THE STRUCTURE OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE", 1959.
- Volume I is "NOTHING BUT MOTION" (1979), and Volume II is
- "THE BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER" (1988).
-
- Most books and journal articles on the subject of
- astrophysics are bristling with integrals, partial
- differentials, and other FANCY MATHEMATICS. In this book, by
- contrast, mathematics is conspicuous by its absence, except
- for some relatively simple formulas imbedded in the text.
- Larson emphasizes CONCEPTS and declares that mathematical
- agreement with a theory does NOT guarantee its conceptual
- validity.
-
- Dewey B. Larson was a retired engineer with a Bachelor
- of Science Degree in Engineering Science from Oregon State
- University. He developed the Theory described in his books
- while trying to find a way to MATHEMATICALLY CALCULATE the
- properties of chemical compounds based ONLY on the elements
- they contain.
-
- "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" describes the astrophysical
- portions of Larson's CONSISTENT, INTEGRATED, COMPREHENSIVE,
- GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe, a kind of
- "grand unified field theory" that orthodox physicists and
- astro-physicists CLAIM to be looking for. It is built on two
- postulates about the physical and mathematical nature of
- space and time:
-
- (1) The physical universe is composed ENTIRELY of ONE
- component, MOTION, existing in THREE dimensions, in DISCRETE
- units, and with two RECIPROCAL aspects, SPACE and TIME.
-
- (2) The physical universe conforms to the relations of
- ORDINARY COMMUTATIVE mathematics, its primary magnitudes are
- ABSOLUTE, and its geometry is EUCLIDEAN.
-
- From these two postulates, Larson was able to build a
- COMPLETE theoretical universe, from photons and subatomic
- particles to the giant elliptical galaxies, by combining the
- concept of INWARD AND OUTWARD SCALAR MOTIONS with
- translational, vibrational, rotational, and rotational-
- vibrational motions. At each step in the development, he was
- able to match parts of his theoretical universe with
- corresponding parts in the real physical universe, including
- EVEN THINGS NOT YET DISCOVERED. For example, in his 1959
- book, he first predicted the existence of EXPLODING GALAXIES,
- several years BEFORE astronomers started finding them. They
- are a NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE of his comprehensive Theory. And
- when quasars were discovered, he had a related explanation
- ready for those also.
-
- As a result of his theory, which he called "THE
- RECIPROCAL SYSTEM", Larson TOTALLY REJECTED many of the sacred
- doctrines of orthodox physicists and astrophysicists,
- including black holes, neutron stars, degenerate matter,
- quantum wave mechanics (as applied to atomic structure),
- "nuclear" physics, general relativity, relativistic mass
- increases, relativistic Doppler shifts, nuclear fusion in
- stars, and the big bang, all of which he considered to be
- nothing more than MATHEMATICAL FANTASIES. He was very
- critical of the AD HOC assumptions, uncertainty principles,
- solutions in principle, "no other way" declarations, etc.,
- used to maintain them.
-
- "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" is divided into 31 chapters.
- It begins with a description of how galaxies are built from
- the gravitational attraction between globular star clusters
- which are formed from intergalactic gas and dust clouds that
- accumulate from the decay products of cosmic rays coming in
- from the ANTI-MATTER HALF of the physical universe. (Galaxy
- formation from the MYTHICAL "big bang" is a big mystery to
- orthodox astronomers.) He then goes on to describe life
- cycles of stars and how binary and multiple star systems and
- solar systems result from Type I supernova explosions of
- SINGLE stars.
-
- Several chapters are devoted to quasars which, according
- to Larson, are densely-packed clusters of stars that have
- been ejected from the central bulges of exploding galaxies
- and are actually traveling FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT
- (although most of that speed is AWAY FROM US IN TIME).
-
- Astronomers and astrophysicists who run up against
- observations that contradict their theories would find
- Larson's explanations quite valuable if considered with an
- OPEN MIND. For example, they used to believe that GAMMA RAY
- BURSTS originated from pulsars, which exist primarily in the
- plane or central bulge of our galaxy. But the new gamma ray
- telescope in earth orbit observed that the bursts come from
- ALL DIRECTIONS UNIFORMLY and do NOT correspond with any
- visible objects, (except for a few cases of directional
- coincidence). Larson's explanation is that the gamma ray
- bursts originate from SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS in the ANTI-MATTER
- HALF of the physical universe, which Larson calls the "cosmic
- sector". Because the anti-matter universe exists in a
- RECIPROCAL RELATION to our material universe, with the speed
- of light as the BOUNDARY between them, and has THREE
- dimensions of time and ONLY ONE dimension of space, the
- bursts can pop into our material universe ANYWHERE seemingly
- at random.
-
- Larson heavily quotes or paraphrases statements from
- books, journal articles, and leading physicists and
- astronomers. In this book, 351 of them are superscripted
- with numbers identifying entries in the reference list at the
- end of the book. For example, a quote from the book
- "Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey", by William K. Hartmann,
- says, "Our hopes of understanding all stars would brighten if
- we could explain exactly how binary and multiple stars
- form.... Unfortunately we cannot." Larson's book contains
- LOGICAL CONSISTENT EXPLANATIONS of such mysteries that are
- WORTHY OF SERIOUS CONSIDERATION by ALL physicists,
- astronomers, and astrophysicists.
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- UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this
- IMPORTANT Book Review is ENCOURAGED.
-
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- Robert E. McElwaine
- B.S., Physics and Astronomy, UW-EC
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