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Titel och upphov Physics on the fringe : smoke rings, circlons, and alternative theories of everything
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Fysisk beskrivning x, 323 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Anmärkning: Bibliografi etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-314) and index.
Anmärkning: Innehåll A trailer park owner imagines the world -- Outsider science. Under the hood of the universe ; Counterpart universes "excisting" ; 'A budget of paradoxes' -- Jim's world. There's diggers, and there's everyone else ; The four sexes ; Circlon science ; Smoke rings ; Creating the world ; Gravity and levity -- Sciences of imaginary solutions. A reformation of science? ; Swimming physicists ; Tree rings -- Appendix. 'The principles of circlon synchronicity and the living universe' / by James Carter.
Anmärkning: Innehållsbeskrivning, sammanfattning Centuries ago, natural philosophers puzzled out the laws of nature using the tools of observation and experimentation. Today, theoretical physics has become mathematically inscrutable, accessible only to an elite few. In rejecting this abstraction, outsider theorists insist that nature speaks a language we can all understand. Through a profoundly human profile of Jim Carter, Wertheim's exploration of the bizarre world of fringe physics challenges our conception of what science is, how it works, and who it is for. Jim Carter, the Einstein of outsiders, has developed his own complete theory of matter and energy and gravity that he demonstrates with experiments in his backyard'-with garbage cans and a disco fog machine he makes smoke rings to test his ideas about atoms.
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ISBN 978-0-8027-1513-5 (hc. : alk. paper) 0-8027-1513-3 (hc. : alk. paper)
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For the past fifteen years, acclaimed science writer Margaret Wertheim has been collecting the works of "outsider physicists," many without formal training and all convinced that they have found true alternative theories of the universe. Jim Carter, the Einstein of outsiders, has developed his own complete theory of matter and energy and gravity that he demonstrates with experiments in his backyard,-with garbage cans and a disco fog machine he makes smoke rings to test his ideas about atoms.Captivated by the imaginative power of his theories and his resolutely DIY attitude, Wertheim has been following Carter's progress for the past decade.
Centuries ago, natural philosophers puzzled out the laws of nature using the tools of observation and experimentation. Today, theoretical physics has become mathematically inscrutable, accessible only to an elite few. In rejecting this abstraction, outsider theorists insist that nature speaks a language we can all understand. Through a profoundly human profile of Jim Carter, Wertheim's exploration of the bizarre world of fringe physics challenges our conception of what science is, how it works, and who it is for.
Outsider Science Under the Hood of the Universe p. 15 Counterpart Universes "Excisting" p. 39 A Budget of Paradoxes p. 74 Jim's World There's Diggers, and There's Everyone Else p. 103 The Four Sexes p. 127 Circlon Science p. 137 Smoke Rings p. 164 Creating the World p. 187 Gravity and Levity p. 214 Sciences of Imaginary Solutions A Reformation of Science? p. 233 Swimming Physicists p. 257 Afterword: Tree Rings p. 281 Appendix p. 287 Acknowledgments p. 299 Notes p. 301 Bibliography p. 309 Index p. 315