Physics of the Universe

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Is Newton’s Theory an Explanation of Gravity?......Page 23
The Expanding Universe......Page 24
The Oscillating Universe Cosmology......Page 25
The Theory of General Relativity......Page 26
The Role of Space and Time......Page 27
Geometry and Matter......Page 30
Generalization of Einstein’s Field Equations......Page 32
A Unified Field Theory......Page 35
Introduction......Page 37
The Riemann Curvature Tensor......Page 38
The Vacuum Equation......Page 40
The Schwarzschild Solution......Page 41
The black hole......Page 42
The Crucial Tests of General Relativity......Page 43
The Logic of the Spacetime Language......Page 44
Introduction......Page 46
Factorization of Einstein’s Tensor Field Equations......Page 47
The Riemann Curvature Tensor in Quaternion Form......Page 48
Spin-affine connection......Page 49
Spin curvature......Page 50
A Symmetric Tensor-Antisymmetric Tensor Representation of General Relativity — Gravity and Electromagnetism......Page 51
The Maxwell Field Equations from the Antisymmetric Tensor Part......Page 52
Conclusions......Page 54
Introduction......Page 56
Equations of motion in general relativity......Page 58
The geodesic equation in quaternion form......Page 60
Dynamics of the Oscillating Universe Cosmology......Page 63
The Spiral Structure of the Universe......Page 65
Concluding Remarks......Page 68
Introduction......Page 70
The Field Equations and the Ground State Solution for the Bound Particle-Antiparticle Pair......Page 72
Separation of Matter and Antimatter in the Universe......Page 75
Olber’s Paradox......Page 76
Black Holes......Page 79
Pulsars......Page 80
On the Human Race and Cosmology......Page 81
On Truth......Page 83
Positivism versus Realism, Subjectivity versus Objectivity......Page 86
The quantum mechanical limit......Page 89
The Mach principle......Page 90
The Mach principle and a uni.ed .eld theory......Page 91
References and Notes......Page 93
Postscript......Page 96
Atomism versus Holism......Page 97
The Quantum Theory versus the Theory of Relativity......Page 98
The Theory of General Relativity and Holism......Page 100
The Continuous Field Concept......Page 101
The Language of General Relativity......Page 102
A Unified Field Theory......Page 104
The Elementary Particle Domain......Page 106
Quantum Mechanics from General Relativity......Page 107
On mass......Page 108
On cosmology......Page 111
References......Page 112
Holism......Page 114
Greek Astronomy66......Page 118
Modern-day Astronomy......Page 120
The Expansion of the Universe and the Hubble Law......Page 121
The Spiral Universe......Page 122
Pair Annihilation and Creation......Page 124
The Separation of Matter and Antimatter in the Universe......Page 125
References......Page 126
The Theory of General Relativity......Page 127
The Mach Principle......Page 129
Newton’s Third Law of Motion......Page 130
The Role of Space and Time in Relativity Theory......Page 131
Inertia and Quantum Mechanics from General Relativity......Page 134
Inertial Mass from General Relativity......Page 136
The Oscillating Universe Cosmology......Page 141
Summary......Page 142
References......Page 143
Index......Page 144