AbouttheAuthor:PaulMarmet,Ph.D.(1932-2005)wasoneofthemost importantcriticsofthetheoryofrelativityinmoderntimes.From1990to 1999,PaulMarmetwasassistantprofessorinthephysicsdepartmentofthe UniversityofOttawa.HewasaseniorresearcherattheHerzbergInstitute ofAstrophysicsoftheNationalResearchCouncilofCanada,inOttawa, from1983to1990.From1967to1982,hewasdirectorofthelaboratory for Atomic and Molecular Physics at Laval University in Québec City. ApastpresidentoftheCanadianAssociationofPhysicists(1981-1982), healsoservedasamemberoftheexecutivecommitteeoftheAtomic EnergyControlBoardofCanadafrom1979to1984.Marmetwaselected FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofCanadain1973andwasmadeanOfficerof theOrderofCanadain1981.TheOrderofCanadaisthehighest decorationbestowedbytheCanadiangovernment.Between1978and 1998,theauthoralsopublishedseveralotherpapersrelatedtothe fundamentalprinciplesinphysics.Severalofthesepapersarepresentedon thiswebsite.In1997-99,physicistsoftheestablishmentshowedfierce disagreementwiththefactthatMarmet’sresearchimpliedthatthe fundamentalprinciplesofphysicswerebeingquestioned.Althoughthe experimentalwork,whichcoulddeterminetheenergyofnumerousquantumstatedwashighlyappreciatedandeven honoured,thephysicsestablishmentrequiredthattheauthorshouldstopquestioningthefundamentalprinciplesof physics.TheauthorwasfirstinformedbyNSERC(NaturalScienceandEngineeringResearchCouncilofCanada)to stopdoingthatfundamentalresearchdespitethefactthat,beingtheoretical,itrequirednoresearchfunds-allresearch grantswereusedfortheexperimentalworkneededfortheelectronimpactapparatus.Sincethefundamentalresearch wasstillgoingonthefollowingyear,thegrantwascuttozero,puttinganendtoexperimentalworkusingthemono-energetic electron beams. InMay1999,theheadofthephysicsdepartmentcametoMarmet’sofficeandsaid:“Wedonotwantyouroffice,yourproblemisthatyoukeepquestioningthefundamentalprinciplesofphysics.”)Threemonthslater,aletterwas sentrequiringMarmet'sofficetobecomeunoccupiedbeforetheendofthemonth.Withoutresearchgrantandbeing expelled from his office, Dr. Marmet continued his research alone at home. Thisshowsthatphysicsisnotonlyascience,itisalsoadoctrine. Therefore,thereareheretics. Thisisnodifferentthan in times of Galileo!
Quantummechanicsandrelativitytheoryarethetwophysicaltheoriesthathaveshapedthe20thcentury.The revolutionarynewcomparedtoclassicalphysicswasthefactthattheobserverwasincludedinthetheory.However, thisresultedinsomeabsurdinterpretationsthatwerenottoteachastudent,whyonesometimesultimatelydecidedon. Onlyattheformulasheshouldfollow.Butthiscannotgowelltotheduration.SoIhadprofessionallyturnedmy practical tasks without completely losing theoretical physics from the back of the head.Aftertheendofmycareer,Iwantedfinallyclosemyunderstandinggapsinthisarea.Lookingforaclearintroduction toquantummechanics,InoticedasmallReklambookletofWernerHeisenberg,titled"Quantumtheoryand philosophy".Thebookletseemedrightformyconcern.EspeciallythechapterontheCopenhageninterpretationof quantummechanics,hisconversationwithEinsteinandhisrelationshiptoKant'sphilosophy,foundmyundivided attention."Thetransitionfromthepossibletothefactualcouldfindplaceatthetimeoftheactofobservation",he statedinhisCopenhageninterpretation. AndEinsteincountered:"Butfromtheprincipledpositionitisquitewrongto trytobuildatheoryonlyonobservablequantities.Foritisexactlytheopposite.Onlythetheorydecideswhatonecan observe. "InthediscussionofWernerHeisenbergandCarlFriedrichvonWeizsäckerwiththeyoungphilosopherGreteHermannit came to the law of causality, that should no longer be valid in quantum mechanics ...
The physical world view between reality and surrealism
The cosmos emerged out of nothing and is an empty space. The void expands and it curls, says the standard cosmology.• E = mc² = 0 = mgh as initial condition• 0 * a = 0 for the extent and• 0 = a * sin b for the corrugationNothing is nothing, no matter what mathematical operation is involved, unless a magician is at work.Enter the secrets of astrophysics and learn how to be deceived.
Mathematics should be the language of God. Until the Reformation, it was Latin.But who understands foreign languages perfectly? So it is not surprising that his self-proclaimed representatives on earth get tangled up in contradictions.
AbouttheAuthor:PaulMarmet,Ph. D.(1932-2005)wasoneofthemost importantcriticsofthetheoryof relativityinmoderntimes.From 1990to1999,PaulMarmetwas assistantprofessorinthephysics departmentoftheUniversityof Ottawa.Hewasaseniorresearcherat theHerzbergInstituteofAstrophysics oftheNationalResearchCouncilof Canada,inOttawa,from1983to 1990.From1967to1982,hewas directorofthelaboratoryforAtomic andMolecularPhysicsatLaval University in Québec City. ApastpresidentoftheCanadian AssociationofPhysicists(1981-1982), healsoservedasamemberoftheexecutivecommitteeofthe AtomicEnergy ControlBoardofCanadafrom1979to1984.MarmetwaselectedFellowof theRoyalSocietyofCanadain1973andwasmadeanOfficeroftheOrder ofCanadain1981.TheOrderofCanadaisthehighestdecorationbestowed bytheCanadiangovernment.Between1978and1998,theauthoralso publishedseveralotherpapersrelatedtothefundamentalprinciplesin physics.Severalofthesepapersarepresentedonthiswebsite.In1997-99, physicistsoftheestablishmentshowedfiercedisagreementwiththefactthat Marmet’sresearchimpliedthatthefundamentalprinciplesofphysicswere beingquestioned.Althoughtheexperimentalwork,whichcoulddetermine theenergyofnumerousquantumstatedwashighlyappreciatedandeven honoured,thephysicsestablishmentrequiredthattheauthorshouldstop questioningthefundamentalprinciplesofphysics.Theauthorwasfirst informedbyNSERC(NaturalScienceandEngineeringResearchCouncilof Canada)tostopdoingthatfundamentalresearchdespitethefactthat,being theoretical,itrequirednoresearchfunds-allresearchgrantswereusedfor theexperimentalworkneededfortheelectronimpactapparatus.Sincethe fundamentalresearchwasstillgoingonthefollowingyear,thegrantwascut tozero,puttinganendtoexperimentalworkusingthemono-energetic electron beams. InMay1999,theheadofthephysicsdepartmentcametoMarmet’soffice andsaid:“Wedonotwantyouroffice,yourproblemisthatyoukeep questioningthefundamentalprinciplesofphysics.”)Threemonthslater,a letterwassentrequiringMarmet'sofficetobecomeunoccupiedbeforethe endofthemonth.Withoutresearchgrantandbeingexpelledfromhisoffice, Dr. Marmet continued his research alone at home. Thisshowsthatphysicsisnotonlyascience,itisalsoadoctrine.Therefore, there are heretics. This is no different than in times of Galileo!
From the preface of the German translation:
Quantummechanicsandrelativitytheoryarethetwophysicaltheoriesthat haveshapedthe20thcentury.Therevolutionarynewcomparedtoclassical physicswasthefactthattheobserverwasincludedinthetheory.However, thisresultedinsomeabsurdinterpretationsthatwerenottoteachastudent, whyonesometimesultimatelydecidedon.Onlyattheformulasheshould follow.Butthiscannotgowelltotheduration.SoIhadprofessionally turnedmypracticaltaskswithoutcompletelylosingtheoreticalphysicsfrom the back of the head.Aftertheendofmycareer,Iwantedfinallyclosemyunderstandinggapsin thisarea.Lookingforaclearintroductiontoquantummechanics,Inoticeda smallReklambookletofWernerHeisenberg,titled"Quantumtheoryand philosophy".Thebookletseemedrightformyconcern.Especiallythe chapterontheCopenhageninterpretationofquantummechanics,his conversationwithEinsteinandhisrelationshiptoKant'sphilosophy,found myundividedattention."Thetransitionfromthepossibletothefactual couldfindplaceatthetimeoftheactofobservation",hestatedinhis Copenhageninterpretation.AndEinsteincountered:"Butfromthe principledpositionitisquitewrongtotrytobuildatheoryonlyon observablequantities.Foritisexactlytheopposite.Onlythetheorydecides what one can observe. "InthediscussionofWernerHeisenbergandCarlFriedrichvonWeizsäcker withtheyoungphilosopherGreteHermannitcametothelawofcausality, that should no longer be valid in quantum mechanics ...
The cosmos emerged out of nothing and is an empty space. The void expands and it curls, says the standard cosmology.• E = mc² = 0 = mgh as initial condition• 0 * a = 0 for the extent and• 0 = a * sin b for the corrugationNothing is nothing, no matter what mathematical operation is involved, unless a magician is at work.Enter the secrets of astrophysics and learn how to be deceived.
Mathematics should be the language of God. Until the Reformation, it was Latin.But who understands foreign languages perfectly? So it is not surprising that his self-proclaimed representatives on earth get tangled up in contradictions.