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36 pages of results. 261. Monitor [Journals] [SIS Review]
... another constant which dictates the strength of the electromagnetic force. This fine structure constant' or Alpha, as measured by the relative concentrations of radioactive isotopes left by the world's only natural nuclear reactor, in Gabon, Africa, was thought to be constant but new measurements show that Alpha had decreased. Although a varying speed of light would contradict Einstein and undermine much of traditional physics, some physicists would welcome it as explaining some of their problems. It also appears that physicists are way behind the biologists when it comes to mathematics. Data are interpreted using mathematics which are 100 years old and based on certainty, whereas biologists, who recognise that they are dealing with uncertainty all the ...
262. Heretics, Dogmatists and Science's Reception of New Ideas (Part 4) [Journals] [Kronos]
... senators expect cut and dried answers (from the "one-armed scientist" who doesn't say "on the other hand ") . In physics, just as much as in earth science, the frontiers involve competing hypotheses, inconclusive data, and interpretations at the margin of uncertainty. Majority opinion can do nothing to resolve such issues: Copernicus and Einstein were clear minorities well after their theories were expounded, but those theories are now highly regarded. All segments of society, including many scientists, would do well to appreciate these fundamental aspects of science. Geoffrey F. Davies, Letter "Proof in Science," EOS , Vol. 60, No. 52, p. 1044 ...
263. The Cosmic Serpent by Victor Clube and Bill Napier [Journals] [Kronos]
... I suspect that it is an act of faith among many readers of KRONOS that everything Velikovsky said can be taken as gospel truth. Faith is a dangerous thing in science, which ought to be concerned with doubt. Only by asking questions, and casting doubt on established ideas, has science progressed over the centuries. Galileo, Darwin, Einstein and the rest were all heretics in their day, and have all been deified since. The Cosmic Serpent is not in that league. But it has just provided me with the most powerful reminder I have ever had that no scientist should take anything at face value- that because some crackpot theory contains elements that are irrefutably false does ...
264. Velikovsky And The Cosmic Serpent [Journals] [Kronos]
... of Quadrant magazine, from the October 1983 issue of Quadrant and the Jan. -Feb. 1984 issue of Quadrant. KRONOS readers are referred to KRONOS VIII:4 (Summer 1983), pp. 59-74, for a thorough review of The Cosmic Serpent. - LMG) Who is the most important thinker of the present century? Einstein, many would say. I am too ignorant, unfortunately, to judge whether that is true. Change the question a little: which thinker is the most important for the light he has thrown on human and terrestrial affairs? Freud? Wittgenstein? Konrad Lorenz? These answers I can judge, and I do not agree with any ...
265. Mulholland: "A Celestial Mechanician Whose Name is Almost Synonymous with High Precision" [Journals] [Kronos]
... gravitation and inertia is incomplete. "The celestial mechanics of 1974 is a living, vital science that admits of non-gravitational effects, of electromagnetic interactions, . . ." He asserted that the knowledge that electromagnetic phenomena participate in the working of the solar system was, from the beginning of the century, in the sight of the astronomers. Einstein, however, in the summer of 1954 expressed himself in writing to me very clearly to the effect that my introduction of electromagnetism into celestial mechanics was the cause of the great opposition I encountered. Mulholland admitted that if "a planet-sized object were to pass close by the Earth" then practically all of the phenomena described in Worlds in ...
266. Thoth Vol I, No. 7: March 23, 1997 [Journals] [Thoth]
... Laplacian celestial mechanics, he must offer something better in its place; until then he has not approached the problem "quantitatively" and therefore physicists are still absolved from considering it. The less generous among them even assume that he was not aware of the problems involved. It is not so well known that in his correspondence and discussions with Einstein, which grew in complexity till the latter's death in 1955, the relationship between electromagnetic and gravitational forces was the principal subject. That was only as it should have been, since Einstein's own work in his last years was towards a unified field theory explaining the two orders of phenomena in common terms.... *I . ...
267. THE ROAD TO SATURN (EXCERPTS FROM AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY) [Journals] [Aeon]
... to show up at the place again were I to go. On the other hand, while I do not wish to name the company concerned, I must also clarify that my dismissal was not occasioned because of Velikovsky. The outcome would have been the same had I asked for leave of absence to attend a seminar in honor of Albert Einstein. I cannot therefore consider myself a Velikovskian martyr. One impression I received at that symposium was that, among Velikovsky's various supporters, no one seemed to have been paying Saturn much heed. Nothing was said about Saturn's northern placement. This lack had however been more than compensated for during some of the private sessions that took place on ...
268. Thoth Vol IV, No 10: June 15, 2000 [Journals] [Thoth]
... patterns today. Its huge dish will also enable it to peer through the intergalactic clouds of dust that hide the hearts of galaxies and watch new stars being born. Wal comments: The unstated assumption behind this pronouncement is that we are looking back in time when we look into space. If the speed of light is not the barrier that Einstein made of it (and recent experiments suggest that this is so) then there is no relationship between time and space. The Article: But it is the search for life on other planets that provides the most powerful inspiration for building such telescopes. Designs are being drawn up at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh But Britain's astronomers ...
269. Orbits And Their Measurements [Journals] [Kronos]
... if either orbit changes. Like the other parameters, it can be determined from the map. KEPLERIAN ORBITS The orbital motion of the planets is described very well by the three laws published by Kepler in 1609 and 1619. Slightly more accurate (and much more complex) ways of expressing orbital motion have been provided in turn by Newton and Einstein, but such improvements are beyond the accuracy intended here.(l ) Hence, it will be assumed for the purposes of this paper that Kepler's three laws give a true and complete description of the orbital motion of the planets, and, more generally, of any body revolving in a periodic orbit around the Sun. Kepler's laws ...
270. The Cabots, the Lowells, and the Temperature of Venus [Journals] [Kronos]
... universe. It all depends upon who asserts the crackpot theory, and how well it serves its ends. Prestigious scientific officialdom gives so much support to some crackpot theories that it is virtually impossible to discredit them. For example, IQ testing holds a sacred place although every rational consideration of biographical facts shows that Leonardo da Vinci, Galois and Einstein would not promise exceptional ability by criteria of rapid-fire puzzle solving, reading speed and clerical efficiency. Thousands of forgotten pretenders would pass them up on all of those measures, but IQ testing is a pillar of celebrity science. Objections raised to it are interpreted, argumentum ad hominem, as evidence of being a "crank". The ...
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