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The book, Secrets of the Aether, by David Thomson and Jim Bourassa, is one of the most interesting I have read in recent years. The pedagogical format, with the beautiful graphics, is downright entertaining. In my process of trying to assimilate the new paradigm, I'm forced to review that of the “standard model”. I have not mastered the new ideas of Thomson and Bourassa, and therefore cannot present a credible endorsement of them. But it is clear that they have impressive knowledge of the standard model, and that they are well qualified to criticize it. As I study the Secrets of the Aether, I'm forced to page back and forth to standard model books and publications. My knowledge of fundamental physics is refreshed; new views are engendered, and interesting alternatives to old concepts and formulations are suggested. My experimental work has dealt extensively with the use of monoenergetic (“slow”) positron beams in practical analytical situations. I have high interest in theoretical concepts about the nature and source of positrons. Thomson and Bourassa present a fascinating paradigm that we in the experimental fields should consider, whether or not we eventually agree with it. Best Regards, Dr. Lester D. Hulett, Jr.  Dr. Lester D. Hulett, Jr. serves on our Advisory Board. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry in 1959. He joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) research staff in 1960, retiring in 1999. The first 9 years at ORNL were spent in the Solid State Division, studying crystal growth and dissolution and radiation damage of solids. The next 30 years were in the Analytical Chemistry and Chemistry Divisions, performing both fundamental and applied research, using electron, x-ray and positron spectroscopy methods. Practical techniques for generating monoenergetic ("slow") positrons were discovered, which enabled the development of new methods for materials analysis and fundamental studies of positron-molecule interactions. With the help of his long-time collaborator, T. A. Lewis, an electrical engineer, the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator (ORELA) was retrofitted with a high intensity slow positron generator. Many new avenues for positron research were opened. For more, see his report on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory website. ------------ Our paper, A New Foundation for Physics, was published in the Infinite Energy Magazine (volume 12, issue 69). 
For more, see the Infinite Energy Magazine website. ------------ The Quantum AetherDynamics Institute was invited to present the Aether Physics Model at the Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory conference in London, UK. The conference, hosted by Dr. M.C. Duffy of the University of Sunderland, took place from September 8-11 at Imperial College and was attended by 56 speakers from various scientific disciplines. The Professor stated: Dear Sir, Thank you for your latest paper. Your work will arouse great interest amongst the delegates who are developing ether theory, in certain cases from a different angle. yours sincerely M. C. Duffy  The conference was sponsored by the British Society for Philosophy of Science, the Physics Department of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, the Calcutta Mathematical Society and was sponsored and organised with the assistance and support of the School of Computing and Technology (Prof. Peter Smith), University of Sunderland, Great Britain. Support and assistance was provided particularly with respect to publicity, by the Europhysical Society; the Foundation Louis de Broglie; the London Mathematical Society; the Royal Astronomical Society; The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications; Institute of Physics; British Journal for Philosophy of Science; Foundations of Physics; General Relativity and Gravitation; International Journal of Theoretical Physics; and the American Institute of Physics. For more, see the announcement on EurekAlert! by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ------------ View our latest press release, as seen world-wide: Press Release ------------ Aether Physics Model is front page news...  More is at: Gilberts Journal ------------ The highly original ideas formulated in this work are clearly the fruits of many years of serious study and reflection. We live in an age in which values, worldviews and politics are changing at unmanageably fast rates. Each day brings not only fresh and unexpected news, but also revolutionary ideas and perspectives whose impacts no one can foresee. I see this book in this context. Not everyone will agree or accept everything stated in this book. But the book certainly deserves careful attention before passing judgment on it. Varadaraja V. Raman, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology  Dr. Varadaraja V. Raman received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Calcutta before doing his doctoral work on the foundations of quantum mechanics at the University of Paris where he worked under Louis de Broglie. He has taught in a number of institutions, including the Saha Institute for Nuclear Physics in Calcutta, the Universite d'Alger in Algiers and the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, from where, after serving as professor of Physics and Humanities, he has retired as Emeritus Professor. ------------ It is my belief that the Aether Physics Model may possibly hold the key to a new level of understanding within the scientific community. Philip Risby, Ph.D. Dr. Risby earned a doctorate in Physics at the University of London. He has more than 25 years in scientific research, business development, and community service. Dr. Risby has successfully founded, developed, and operated private businesses in several engineering and environmental disciplines.  Note: The University of London is a federal University and is among the oldest, largest and most diverse universities in the UK. Established by Royal Charter in 1836, the University is recognised globally as a world leader in Higher Education. It consists of 20 self-governing Colleges of outstanding reputation, together with the prestigious School of Advanced Study and a number of other central academic activities. ------------ I believe your Quantum AetherDynamics hypothesis is right on track, and I believe that given further study of its correspondences with Helical Geometry would be a very worthwhile endeavor. To answer your question, what is apparent in these structures that I am now constructing is the potential for the physical formation of toroidal forms like your Helicoid Torus Model. Jim Jacobs Cleveland, Ohio 
Note: James Jacobs is the inventor of Helical Geometry, a sculptor and lecturer, and a student of the natural minimal surface for over 25 years. His invention was awarded U.S. Utility Patent 4,449,348 in 1984. Helical Geometry is a 'field geometry', meaning its helical building panels with lattice surfaces represent a geometrical system of fields having helical, saddle-shaped form. Recent scientific evidence shows Helical Geometry to be the geometry of molecular and atomic structure. James earned a BS Degree at Bowling Green State University and attended the Cooper School of Art. ------------ I found your Quantum AetherDynamics hypothesis novel, fascinating, and brilliant! James M. Jessen, Ph.D. San Leandro, California 
Note: Dr. Jessen was born in 1954 in Oakland, California and raised in adjacent San Leandro, California. He received a B.A. degree in physics and applied mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976 and a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. Along the way, Dr. Jessen has taught physics and performed research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Southern California. His current research field of specialization is quantum gravity and how it relates to unified field theory. ------------ In my retirement, I did some readings on modern physics, from relativity to quantum mechanics, purely for my own enjoyment. When I read your writings on your web site, I was very much impressed. Knowing it is a hypothesis, but I feel this could be a correct one, and you are on something definitely has a potential of earth-shaking. All the great theories started with sound hypotheses. I am very much interested to learn more about it, and would like to follow its further development. I wish you a very successful future! Best wishes and have a bright day, Prof. James M. Wu B. H. Goethert Professor Emeritus The University of Tennessee Space Institute  
Note: Prof. James M. Wu came to the United States in 1957 after earning his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering with aeronautical option from The National Taiwan University. He entered the California Institute of Technology and received both of his graduate degrees in aeronautics there. In 1965, together with his wife, they both became faculty members of newly established The University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma, Tennessee. In 1985, Prof. Wu was appointed as the first Bernhard Hermann Goethert Professor. His specialty is in fluid mechanics, especially, in aerodynamics: from low speed to hypersonics, both in viscous and inviscid flows. The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) is a graduate education and research institution located in Middle Tennessee. UTSI was established in 1964 as part of The University of Tennessee and has become an internationally recognized institution for graduate study and research in engineering, physics, mathematics, and computer science and has made remarkable contributions at the local, state, national, and global levels. ------------ Jim Bourassa is an intellectual explorer, daring to venture into waters mainstream physicists regard as their own preserve. His theories flout conventional wisdom to investigate a new paradigm of matter/energy relations. If he is right, his insights will change the way physicists-- and the rest of us-- view the world. Even if he is wrong, we can admire the courage and intelligence it takes to develop a theory like his. I have been privileged to share Jim's thoughts as we have collaborated on images depicting his theories. My role has been to try to envision the subtle and complex forms he believes exist on the level of quantum mechanics. I am far too unlearned in the subject matter to comment on whether he is right. Yet the simplicity and intellectual beauty of his concepts encourages a belief that he is on to something basic and profound. The forms are far too lovely to be entirely imaginary. Decades or centuries from now, Jim Bourassa's work may be seen as a prescient description of a new physics. Jon Lomberg Honaunau, Hawaii  Jon Lomberg serves on our Advisory Board. His Milky Way galaxy was on display for ten years at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. He was Chief Artist for Sagan's COSMOS series for which he received an Emmy Award. Amoung his many accomplishments, this distinguished artist has made major contributions to the Warner Brothers film CONTACT, the Voyager Interstellar Record, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), The Planetary Society, and has received the prestigious Klumpke-Roberts Award, presented by the Astronomical Society of Pacific. Many thanks to my artist and friend, Jon Lomberg, for all the paintings on this website. For more, visit JonLomberg.com  Jon Lomberg's representation of a toriodal vortex model for the universe ------------ Jim, I was thrilled with your response to my initial e-mail asking how human emotion fits in, and what about 'God is love.' You said, "In my view, the Aether flowing through the human body IS emotion. When expressed, it is love. When blocked, it becomes neurotic. When stopped, death results. Modern society does much to block the flow of Aether. The brain is a vehicle for the Aether to express itself. The Aether in us looks out into the Universe, discovering it's true nature..." Thank you for those insights, so exquisitely and aptly expressed. Angelyn Ray Lakeview, OR Web address: www.stellarlane.org  Angelyn Ray, MSW, works as a clinical therapist and is a student of human consciousness, metaphysics, and of the I Ching as it corresponds to human DNA coding. To these fields she has contributed several written works. Descriptions of her published works can be found at www.stellarlane.org, under the auspices of The Aenor Trust. She is a founding member of the Quantum AetherDynamics Institute, having immediately recognized the far-reaching possibilities in all areas of human awareness and behavior. ------------ As an avid consumer of cutting edge science, I have long been a faithful reader of material with scientific content, physics in particular. By studying everything eclectically I had developed the ability to see how things fit together. When a solid and unmistakably fitted unified scientific picture evolved I knew I had seen what few others have, physical proof of the Aether, complete with a theory to describe and model the evidence, and it was breathtakingly thrilling! If you have not read the book you cannot even imagine how physics can define and quantify all layers of physical existence, including mental, emotional and spiritual experiences. As a fellow human being, I can assure you that you will find the book one of the most intellectually stimulating and spiritually satisfying books you will ever read. The white paper, "A New Foundation of Physics" is the bare bones and raw treatment of micro and macro physics that leaves no stone unturned in those domains, in the end unifying them as no one else has. The book, the "Secrets of the Aether", contains material that all of humanity can appreciate, in that it offers those of us who are spiritually inclined and motivated concrete support and justification for being so. Colleen Thomas Roseville, CA  Colleen Thomas is a pivotal member of our board. She graduated with a bachelor's Degree in Biological Science & Nursing. She is a medical professional currently working as a Manager of Clinical Practice. ------------ Our hypothesis "emailed" to Galactic Internet: On July 5, 2003 the abstract of this hypothesis was sent to 5 selected sun-like stars. This message was part of Cosmic Call 2003, the second ever public interstellar radio transmission, which was broadcast to these stars using a powerful radio astronomy dish in Ukraine. The target stars are in the constellations Orion, Cancer, Cassiopeia, Ursa Major, and Andromeda. Two of the stars – 55 Cancri and 47 Ursae Majoris (Target Stars 2 and 4) – have Jupiter-size planets orbiting them and may have Earth-sized planets in their solar systems. It would be interesting to receive feedback from extraterrestrial intelligence in our Galactic Community. Here is 47 Ursae Majoris, one of the target stars:  Image courtesy of artist Jon Lomberg, from Worlds Unnumbered: The Search for Extrasolar Planets by Donald Goldsmith ---------- For questions or comments, contact me at jb@quantumaetherdynamics.com or complete the form below: Note: This website is just a taste of our book, Secrets of the Aether. The book has more than 250 pages of the most exciting physics discovery of the new millennium. All statements are clearly explained with complete, precise easy-to-understand equations that you can proof out for yourself, along with more than 70 brilliant four-color illustrations. The theory introduced in this book is the next greatest scientific advancement for the human species. |
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