Space Forum / Astronomy / September 2005

                  A "Theory of Everything" That WORKS

         (Book Review):

         "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION", by Dewey B. Larson, 1984,
         North Pacific Publishers, Portland, Oregon, 456 pages,
         indexed, hardcover.

              "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" contains FINAL SOLUTIONS
         to most ALL astrophysical mysteries.

              This book is Volume III of a revised and enlarged
         edition of "THE STRUCTURE OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE",
         1959.  Volume I is "NOTHING BUT MOTION" (1979), and
         Volume II is "THE BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER" (1988).

              Most books and journal articles on the subject of
         astrophysics are bristling with integrals, partial
         differentials, and other FANCY MATHEMATICS.  In this
         book, by contrast, mathematics is conspicuous by its
         absence, except for some relatively simple formulas
         imbedded in the text.  Larson emphasizes CONCEPTS and
         declares that mathematical agreement with a theory does
         NOT guarantee its conceptual validity.

              Dewey B. Larson was a retired engineer with a
         Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Science from
         Oregon State University.  He developed the Theory
         described in his books while trying to find a way to
         MATHEMATICALLY CALCULATE the properties of chemical
         compounds based ONLY on the elements they contain.

              "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" describes the
         astrophysical portions of Larson's CONSISTENT,
         INTEGRATED, COMPREHENSIVE, GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the
         Physical Universe, a kind of "grand unified field
         theory" or "theory of everything" that orthodox
         physicists and astro-physicists CLAIM to be looking for.
         It is built on two postulates about the physical and
         mathematical nature of space and time:

              (1) The Physical Universe is composed ENTIRELY of
         ONE component, MOTION, existing in THREE dimensions, in
         DISCRETE units, and with two RECIPROCAL aspects, SPACE
         and TIME.

              (2) The Physical Universe conforms to the relations
         of ORDINARY COMMUTATIVE mathematics, its primary
         magnitudes are ABSOLUTE, and its geometry is EUCLIDEAN.

              From these two postulates, Larson was able to build
         a COMPLETE theoretical universe, from photons and
         subatomic particles to the giant elliptical galaxies, by
         combining the concept of INWARD and OUTWARD SCALAR
         MOTIONS with translational, vibrational, rotational, and
         rotational-vibrational motions.  At each step in the
         development, he was able to match parts of his
         theoretical universe with corresponding parts in the
         real Physical Universe, including EVEN THINGS NOT YET
         DISCOVERED.  For example, in his 1959 book, he first
         predicted the existence of EXPLODING GALAXIES, several
         years BEFORE astronomers started finding them.  They are
         a NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE of his comprehensive Theory.
         And when quasars were discovered, he had a related
         explanation ready for those also.

              As a result of his theory, which he called "THE
         RECIPROCAL SYSTEM", Larson TOTALLY REJECTED many of the
         sacred doctrines of orthodox physicists and
         astrophysicists, including black holes, neutron stars,
         degenerate matter, "nuclear" physics, general
         relativity, relativistic mass increases, relativistic
         Doppler shifts, nuclear fusion in stars, and the big
         bang, all of which he considered to be nothing more than
         MATHEMATICAL FANTASIES.  He was very critical of the AD
         HOC assumptions, uncertainty principles, solutions in
         principle, "no other way" declarations, etc., used to
         maintain them.

              "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" is divided into 31
         chapters.  It begins with a description of how galaxies
         are built from the gravitational attraction between
         globular star clusters, which are formed from
         intergalactic gas and dust clouds that accumulate from
         the decay products of cosmic rays coming in from the
         ANTI-MATTER HALF of the physical universe.  (Galaxy
         formation from the MYTHICAL "big bang" is a big mystery
         to orthodox astronomers.)  He then goes on to describe
         the life cycles of stars and how binary and multiple
         star systems and solar systems result from Type I
         supernova explosions of SINGLE stars.

              Several chapters are devoted to quasars which,
         according to Larson, are densely-packed clusters of
         stars that have been ejected from the central bulges of
         exploding galaxies and are actually traveling FASTER
         THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT (although most of that speed is
         AWAY FROM US IN TIME).

              Astronomers and astrophysicists who run up against
         observations that contradict their theories would find
         Larson's explanations quite valuable if considered with
         an OPEN MIND.  For example, they used to believe that
         GAMMA RAY BURSTS originated from pulsars, which exist
         primarily in the plane or central bulge of our galaxy.
         But the new Gamma Ray Telescope in earth orbit observed
         that the bursts come from ALL DIRECTIONS UNIFORMLY and
         do NOT correspond with any visible objects, (except for
         a few cases of directional coincidence).  Larson's
         explanation is that the gamma ray bursts originate from
         SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS in the ANTI-MATTER HALF of the
         Physical Universe, which Larson calls the "cosmic
         sector".  Because the anti-matter universe exists in a
         RECIPROCAL RELATION to our material universe, with the
         SPEED OF LIGHT as the BOUNDARY between them, and has
         THREE dimensions of TIME, and ONLY ONE dimension of
         space, the bursts can pop into our material universe
         ANYWHERE seemingly at random.

              Larson heavily quotes or paraphrases statements
         from books, journal articles, and leading physicists and
         astronomers.  In this book, 351 of them are
         superscripted with numbers identifying entries in the
         reference list at the end of the book.  For example, a
         quote from the book "Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey", by
         William K. Hartmann, says, "Our hopes of understanding
         all stars would brighten if we could explain exactly how
         binary and multiple stars form.... Unfortunately we
         cannot."  Larson's book contains LOGICAL CONSISTENT
         EXPLANATIONS of such mysteries that are WORTHY OF
         SERIOUS CONSIDERATION by ALL physicists, astronomers,
         and astrophysicists.
         [See http://members.aol.com/rem547/bisolar.htm or
         http://www.geocities.com/remspiral7/bisolar.html .]

              A WEALTH of Information about the GENERAL UNIFIED
         Theory of the Physical Universe developed by the late
         Physicist Dewey B. Larson can be found at the web site
         http://www.rsystem.org/isus/index.htm or /dbl/index.htm
              MOST of the TEXT of the book "THE UNIVERSE OF
         MOTION" can be found at the web site
         http://www.rsystem.org/um/index.htm .

                             Robert E. McElwaine
                             B.S., Physics and Astronomy, UW-EC
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