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In his initial paper Einstein specifically made the point that relativity was largely required to coordinate the observations made by relatively moving observers to accommodate covariant formulations of universally…Read more

Electrons throughout regions along the general direction of light propagation contribute to a Huygens-like ‘wavelet’ replication process. 1. Forward Reconstruction of a Wavefront When electromagnetic radiation propagates through a…Read more

In getting beyond Huygens, we assume that in every vicinity of a point in space there must be a probabilistic presence of secondary radiators (plasma electrons, if you will). Radiation…Read more

Suppose one could filter out the radial Doppler components responsible for the line broadening of radiation from a thermal source. What would be left would be the effect of…Read more

To begin, assume that at every point in space there is a probabilistic presence of a secondary radiator (an electron) that, were it present, would oscillate in resonance when…Read more

I assume we all know someone for whom lemons are sweet and, although war is not ideal, there has to be something positive in everything – even genocide must…Read more

Instead of questioning the immediate phenomena associated with streaks in galaxy surveys that put us at the center of the universe, cosmologists deflect with the humor of Zwicky and…Read more

Science is taught like world history with special deference to the winners of major disputes independent of the retrospective merits of either side. Unlike history, however, science can and…Read more

Physics has long aspired to provide a faithful map of reality: a representation in which events can be placed unambiguously, trajectories traced deterministically, and the past and future related…Read more

Why Relativity Looks Like Spacetime—and Why It Isn’t Relativity is usually presented as a theory about spacetime: its structure, its curvature, and the transformations that relate one observer’s measurements…Read more