Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Einstein got it wrong

In my physics there is no such entity as a vacuum. I am a radio ham and my holy grail is to truly understand electromagnetic wave propagation. The explanations given to date are basically the same as they were 50 years ago. I have had to learn plenty of equations when dealing with radio and television transmitting and receiving, many involving the calculus. To pass my Radio Ham Licenses I have had to memorize many equations concerning inductors, variable frequency oscillators etc.,, some of which use C the speed of light to convert frequency to wavelength. For frequencies in Megahertz the speed of light is taken as 300 kilometres per second, therefore giving wavelengths in metres. These calculations are carried out as dimensions on what are electrical voltage waves as if they were particles, and although the calculations are relevant to building an antenna, I have never been able to equate electromagnetic variation in time (seconds), with physical distance (metres). I have just accepted that for the purpose of designing an antenna, youdivide 300 by frequency f in MHz to calculate wavelength Y in metres, and divide 300 by the wavelength to get the resonant frequency.
For the purpose of designing radio antennae it is not critical because when we use 300.00 as the speed of light constant in the equation Y=300/f, we are of course rounding up the speed of light anyway.
However, these calculations, only apply if the radiation, be it visible light or
radio waves are propagated through a vacuum. A dictionary definition of a vacuum is: 'noun. theoretically, an entirely (in practice, a very nearly completely) empty space'.
The fact that certain energy waves can propagate through even the highest vacuum produced in a laboratory confirms that by the Newtonian third law: Action and reaction are always equal and opposite; what we term 'space' is in reality very 'dilute' mass. As observers we will never be able to 'observe' these entities, so smashing the equivalent of neutrinos into even smaller entities is a
fruitless pursuit.
This is what CERN have been trying to achieve for billions of dollars, and are doomed to fail in finding their missing quark or whatever they call it. Some conspiracy theorists insist that like many other high cost global projects (WWW for instance) the CERN operation was initiated by the military and in this case was concerned with potential weapons research.
[Einstein was primarily of interest to the military for his work regarding ballistics for heavy artillery and I would guess the army weren't too fussed about the Theory of Relativity.]
It appears that after failing to find the elusive quick quack quark, fortuitously, CERN can now justify the colossal cost by seemingly re-writing the Physics Books. And about time too.
I look forward to watching Professor Jim Al-Khalli at the University of Surrey, UK, eating his boxer shorts on TV.
Now I only wish people would get to grips with the space/time continuum!
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