28. CONCLUSION
Few theories and authors have won such fame as the theory of relativity
and its author Albert Einstein. It is also difficult to find a theory so
popular, and yet so unclear, incomplete, paradoxical and contradictory,
as is the theory of relativity.
It is simply incredible that a theory with so many deceptions has held
the attention of so many of physicists and other scientists from the field
of natural and technical sciences for so long, and has managed to retain
acceptability and even enter the textbooks for secondary schools and universities.
The acceptance of that theory at the time when it was developed can
be somehow understood, since that was a crucial time, when many questions
in physics were asked, for which there were no answers.
The results of Fizeau's test, and later Michelson's experiment, destroyed
the old conception of the existence of a cosmic quiescent ether, which
also meant the destruction of the foundations on which some great theories
of the time had been built. Lorentz also found himself in an unenviable
situation, since his Electron theory was based on the existence of an ether.
To overcome the arisen difficulties, Lorentz gave a hypothesis on the
shortening of a body moving through the ether, which is proportional to
the coefficient
. In accordance with that hypothesis, Lorentz derived
the transformation of coordinates, which was later named after him. With
this transformation, time and space were made relative and that laid the
foundation for the theory of relativity.
On that foundation Einstein built his special theory of relativity.
However, unlike Lorentz, he introduced a new understanding of time and space.
According to him, the change in length and time are real physical processes,
which occur exclusively as a consequence of motion itself, and not as a
consequence of the effect of some ether, which does not exist at all.
Thus Einstein denied the existence of the ether and allegedly gave
answers to some questions, which arose after Fizeau's and Michelson's experiment.
Unfortunately, his theory did not give the right answers. It can even be
said they were deceptions, as the special theory of relativity can be said
to be, in essence, a sum of deceptions, which this book has uncovered.
It is a failed attempt to build a universal theory on the basis of the
known experimental results, which would be, first of all, in accordance
with these results.
The so-called results of the special theory of relativity, that are in
fact correct but are reached by incorrect relativistic derivation of equations,
where known before the appearance of the special theory of relativity.
They are to be found in the work of Lorentz (the longitudinal mass and
the transversal mass), Poincare (
), Maxwell (
),
Heaviside and others.
Einstein's exposition in that theory is ingeniously thought out to
deceive and it largely resembles magician's tricks. Thus, for example,
when he explains things which are known and clear even to a secondary school
student, he is methodical, very clear to the last detail and exhaustive.
However, when we look at the text containing a deception, he is complex,
confused, incomplete and brief or, alternatively, long-widened. Despite
that long-wideness he does not clarify what is unclear, but complicates
it further, so that the text becomes even less clear. On the credit of
what is clear in Einstein's exposition, the reader accepts the unclear
as well, believing it to be true, and thinking it is his fault that he
does not understand Einstein, or that it would take a lot more effort to
understand him.
Einstein started his deception right from §1 of his paper on
relativity [2], on determining simultaneity, on the basis of the judgement on the
synchronized "ticking" of clock in motion. That is the first and the key
deception in the special theory of relativity, on the basis of which further
deceptions were constructed. Unfortunately, that deception was not spotted,
and it even became the subject of serious philosophic discussions.
The first inconsistency appears in §2 of the same paper, where
he uses speed
, although he claims with his fundamental postulate that in nature
there is no higher speed than the speed of light in vacuum. Inconsistency
is an important characteristic of the theory of relativity, although Einstein
claims that the theory of relativity is a theory of principles, that is
a theory of consistency.
In §3 he derives transformation of coordinates in a very complex,
confused and unclear way, where he also uses expressions
and
.
A complicated way of deriving equations offers great opportunities for
deceiving the reader. Thus, with the help of clocks and simultaneity control
of their "ticking" in two coordinate systems, which move relatively, a
light ray and mathematical operations Einstein derived transformation of
coordinates and "proved" not only that the existence of time dilatation
and space contraction in mathematical sense, but also that they are real
physical processes.
However, I derived in a simple way a number of transformations of
coordinates on the basis of satisfying the requirement for invariability of equations
for the propagation of spherical and plane light wave. By using the Lorentz
and these transformations, I proved that Einstein's time dilatation and
space contractions are just a mathematical game, which has no connection
with some real physical process. In connection with that I have demonstrated
that the so-called coefficient of the contraction is not
but
.
In §5 of the said first paper, the theorem on addition of speeds
is derived in an equally complex and unclear way. If it had been derived
in a simple and comprehensible way, as has been done in this book, it would
have been clear that it was not a case of addition or subtraction of any
speeds, but that the formulas of the theorem represent the speed of light
wave in a coordinate system at rest, in case of addition of speeds,
or in a moving coordinate system, in case of subtraction of speeds.
Since the transformation of coordinates was derived with the condition
that the speed of propagation of spherical light wave in both systems equals
the speed of light, then the alleged sum and difference of speeds must
be equal to the speed of light.
In deriving equations Einstein uses expressions
and
and he never changes them with
,
although in his theorem on addition
of speeds he says that the sum or the difference of light velocity and
some other speed are equal to the velocity of light. Thus, Einstein refutes
his own theorem.
With the help of this theorem he explains the result of Fizeau's
experiment, claiming insistently that the result of the experiment confirms the validity
of the theory of relativity and that there is no other theory which can
explain it. By such a resolute claim, he hides the fact that the formulas
of his theorem are derived for the case of vacuum, and that Fizeau's experiment
is performed in water. As an outstanding physicist he must have known that,
but nevertheless, he uses the formulas, valid for vacuum, for the case
of water, in order to prove the correctness of his theory, which says a
lot about Einstein's correctness, and the correctness of his theory.
I derived the equations of the theorem on addition of speeds
in moving water in the same way as it was derived for the case of vacuum. By use
of those equations I showed that the result of Fizeau's test does not prove the
correctness of the theory of relativity, but, on the contrary, refutes it. At the
same time the result of the Fizeau's test is explained by use of the new derived
equations for the speed of light in moving water.
In deriving the formulas for the angle of aberration and the Doppler
effect, he applies the transformation of coordinates for a spherical light
wave on a plane light wave, which is incorrect. The formula for the Doppler
effect for the case of moving radiation source, which Einstein gives, is
not, and can not be, derived in the relativistic procedure, which also
shows the failure of the theory of relativity. Also, according to this
equation, the frequency of the radiation increases as the radiation source
retreats, which runs counter to observed reality.
According to the theory of relativity, apart from the longitudinal
Doppler effect, there is also the transversal one, which has no bearing
on reality. By using new transformations I showed that the relativistic
way of determining the Doppler effect represents an interesting mathematical
game which can not be logically connected with reality.
The classical and relativistic explanation of the cause of aberration
is disputed and a new explanation is given, which is based upon relative
motion of the earth's ether and sun's ether.
An especially important part of the special theory of relativity is
the one which refers to a body's mass and energy and their mutual relation.
It is generally believed that the theory of relativity proved itself most
convincingly in this sphere. However, nobody has spotted that the failure
and weakness of this theory was proved most obviously in this sphere, which
is shown in this book.
Einstein tried to derive the formula for the mass of a moving electron,
as well as the formula which determines the relation of mass and energy
in his first paper. So, in §10 of that paper, under the title "Dynamics
of a (weakly accelerated) electron", Einstein derives in a wrong way, both
from mathematical and physical standpoint, wrong formula for transversal
mass of an electron and correct formula for longitudinal mass.
Deriving the equations for the longitudinal and transversal mass of
an electron in motion, which are dependent on velocity, Einstein assumes
that an electron in motion has only one mass
and treats it
as a constant magnitude.
Applying the Lorentz transformation of coordinates to the expressions
of the accelerations
,
and
he arrives at
equations for the longitudinal and transversal acceleration which he thereafter
refers to as equations for longitudinal and transversal mass. In this incorrect
mathematical game the concept of acceleration is substituted for the concept
of mass which have nothing in common from the viewpoint of physical science.
The wrong equation for the transversal mass, an incorrect derivation
of the equations, the use of very low, non-relativistic velocities in comparison
with the speed of light, and the assumption that mass and acceleration
are the same thing, all go to show that the equations for the longitudinal
and transversal mass of an electron in motion cannot be derived according
to correct relativistic procedure.
The theory of relativity treats the change of the mass of an electron
in motion exclusively as a result of relative motion, but not as the result
of the physical process caused by motion of an electrically charged particle.
In this way the theory ignores the very idea of electromagnetic mass, which
is not accepted at all.
The equation for the kinetic energy of an electron and the equation
for the transformation of energy into electromagnetic mass and electromagnetic
mass into energy cannot be derived by correct relativistic procedure because
the equations for the longitudinal and transversal mass cannot be derived
by that procedure either. As a result these equations cannot be considered
relativistic, nor they should be connected with the theory of relativity.
By the way, the equations for the longitudinal and transversal mass
of an electron in motion, which are ascribed to Einstein, were in fact
derived by Lorentz before the appearance of Einstein's theory of relativity,
but on the supposition that the spherical shape of an electron deformed
on motion through the ether.
The formula for the total transformation of mass into energy,
, was not nor can it be derived by correct relativistic procedure
and should not, therefore, be treated as a relativistic equation or connected with
the theory of relativity.
For a long time it was thought that Einstein derived a complete theorem
on the inertia of energy in the article, "Does the inertia of a body depend
on the energy contained in it?" However, in 1953, Ives proved that the
theorem was incorrectly derived.
In another article, entitled "The elementary derivation of the equivalence
of mass and energy", published in 1946, Einstein derived
using
incorrect derivation and thus concluded that
. It is therefore without
foundation to assert that Einstein derived the equation
by
correct relativistic procedure. In fact it cannot be derived correctly
by that procedure. Poincare was the first who derived in implicit form
the formula
.
In chapter 23.8 of this book I have derived this
equation
completely, according to classical procedure. Using that result I also
derived completely the equation
according to correct and purely
classical procedure as shown in chapter 23.9 of this book. In this way
I have proved that these two most important equations in the theory of
relativity do not belong there and are classical equations.
The annihilation of the electron and positron is considered to be the
most convincing example of the total transformation of mass into energy.
In that process the entire mass of the electron, as matter and the entire
mass of the positron as antimatter are allegedly transformed into energy
in the form of two gamma rays. At the same time, the appearance of electron-positron
pairs when matter is irradiated with gamma rays of energy greater than 1.022 MeV
is considered to be a convincing example of the transformation of energy into mass.
In chapter 26, however, it is demonstrated that when electrons and
positrons collide they are not annihilated and their mass is not transformed
into gamma radiation. A moving electron, as a moving positron, possess
kinetic energy. When these particles collide this energy is converted into
energy in the form of two gamma rays. From this we must conclude that the
positron is not antimatter and that antimatter does not exist. The electron
and positron do not disappear on collision, but form a neutral particle.
On the irradiation of matter with high energy gamma rays, the bond between
the electron and positron is broken and the electron positron pairs appear.
Electrons and positrons form the basis of matter, accordingly we should
not generalise and assert that
.
Incidentally, Heaviside derived the equation for the mutual relation
of energy and mass of an electron at rest correctly, as
.
The equation
is related to the mutual relation of the energy of electromagnetic radiation
and the electromagnetic mass ascribed to that energy.
It is considered that Einstein's findings about the dimensions of the
universe, its age and the quantity of matter contained within it are incorrect.
In connection to this a new hypothesis is presented to explain the red
shift in the spectra of radiation from distant galaxies. This hypothesis
counteracts the theory that the universe was born in a big bang and that
it is expanding. On the basis of this hypothesis the phenomenon of cosmic
rays of enormous energies is explained, as well as the origin of primary
cosmic rays.
De Broglie's hypothesis about the wave nature of particles only makes
sense for electrically charged particles. The wavelength of the wave accompanying
the moving charged particle is in reverse proportion to the energy expended
in causing the particle to move, and is subject to Plank's law
.
De Broglie's wavelength, which accompanies the electron in motion, is not
however in accordance with this law. The energy of de Broglie's wave is
greater than the energy expended to generate that wave. This fact, in some way,
denies the existence of de Broglie's wave.
Finally we must pose the question of the acceptability of the general
theory of relativity. The short answer is as follows: The general theory
of relativity can be judged on the basis of this book and on Einstein's
own statement, "the general theory of relativity is based on the special
theory of relativity" [A. Einstein, Ideas and Opinions, 228-229, 1954.
(Article "What is the theory of relativity?", published in "Times" from 12.11.1919.)].
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