Has Hawking Erred?

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Recently the intelligent reading public has voraciously devoured five million copies of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, and many have been dazzled by the near metaphysical explanations of the author - specifically his emphasis on space-time. This latter concept was adopted by Einstein decades ago and is now perpetuated by Hawking. Questioning it, Gerhard Kraus demonstrates that time and space are two entirely incompatible phenomena which cannot mix. Kraus also criticises the role of mathematics in ...
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Recently the intelligent reading public has voraciously devoured five million copies of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, and many have been dazzled by the near metaphysical explanations of the author - specifically his emphasis on space-time. This latter concept was adopted by Einstein decades ago and is now perpetuated by Hawking. Questioning it, Gerhard Kraus demonstrates that time and space are two entirely incompatible phenomena which cannot mix. Kraus also criticises the role of mathematics in physics and the Big-Bang theory. Much of what Gerhard Kraus writes will cause controversy among established physicists. But it is often such serious reappraisals of accepted dogma which initiate progress in science.
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Lacking any physics background, the author feigns scholarship as he beats the reader about the head with his philosophically and scientifically shaky ideas about how the universe really is. Too bad Einstein and Hawking couldn't get it right! He claims his personal "common sense" tells him how the world works. The author claims his work will stir up controversy among the scientific community which will cause reappraisal of dogma, but his personal feelings about reality, backed up by no formal logic or mathematics, are no cause for controversy, only for a sad shake of the head. Distributed by Paul & Co. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781857560886
  • Publisher: Janus Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 2/28/1994
  • Pages: 154
  • Product dimensions: 10.82 (w) x 2.84 (h) x 0.74 (d)

Table of Contents

Note to Readers
Introduction
Preface
1 Hawking's Book - The Catalyst 1
2 The Role of Commonsense in Physics 4
3 The Principle of Regularity and Mathematical Vulnerability 8
4 Aspects of Relativity 16
5 The Concept of Time 19
6 Absolute Time 28
7 Can Time Slow Down? 34
8 The Concept of Space 49
9 Empty Space and Gravity 63
10 Space-time Analysed 66
11 Time as an Extra Space-dimension 77
12 The Laws of Transformation 83
13 The Lorentz Transformation 99
14 Space-time in Voluminal Space 105
15 The Enigma of the Curvature of Space 116
16 Velocity of Light and the Solar Calendar 131
17 Other Observations 134
18 Commenting on the Big Bang 141
19 Concluding Remarks 154
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