The Illustrated Method of Archimedes

Utilizing the Law of the Lever to Calculate Areas, Volumes, and Centers of Gravity

Andre Koch Torres Assis and Cena Pietro Magnaghi

(paperback, 46 pages; ISBN 978-0-9864926-7-9)

In 1906 Johan Ludwig Heiberg (1854-1928), a Danish philologist and historian of science, discovered a previously unknown text of Archimedes (287-212 B.C.). It was a letter addressed to Eratosthenes (285-194 B.C.), the famous Greek scholar and head librarian of the Great Library of Alexandria. In it, Archimedes presented a heuristic method for calculating areas, volumes and centers of gravity of geometric figures utilizing the law of the lever.  [more]

A Scientific Adventure

Reflections on the Riddle of Relativity

Ian McCausland

(paperback, 252 pages; ISBN 978-0-9864926-6-2)

This book is a description of the author’s studies and publications concerning Einstein’s special relativity theory over a forty-year period starting in 1971. In the early part of that period he collaborated with Professor Herbert Dingle in the latter’s campaign against the special theory, and after Dingle’s death in 1978 he continued to advance this program and to draw attention to the unsatisfactory situation whereby many arguments in favour of relativity are accepted without question by almost all scientists in spite of numerous contradictions.  [more]

Should the Laws of Gravitation be Reconsidered?

The Scientific Legacy of Maurice Allais

Héctor A. Múnera, editor

(paperback, 479 pages; ISBN 978-0-9864926-5-5)

Maurice Allais was one of the most original French scientific thinkers of the 20th century. In the early 1950's he was the author of Allais paradox in decision making under uncertainty, and in 1988 he became the only French citizen to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics for his contributions to the theory of non-equilibrium markets. Allais's research in physics was also important, but very little known. In the mid 1950's Allais designed and built a highly sensitive ball-borne pendulum - which he named paraconical pendulum. This apparatus reacts to the gravitational force of the Sun and the Moon, and exhibited unexpected behaviour during the solar eclipse of 30 June 1954, which was partial in Paris. This local gravity anomaly is now called the Allais eclipse effect.  [more]

The Experimental and Historical Foundations of Electricity

Andre Koch Torres Assis

(paperback, 268 pages; ISBN 978-0-9864926-3-1)

The Experimental and Historical Foundations of Electricity deals with the most fundamental aspects of physics. The book describes the main experiments and discoveries in the history of electricity. It begins with the amber effect, which is analogous to the usual experiment of attracting small pieces of paper with a piece of plastic rubbed in hair. The book explains how to build several instruments: versorium, electric pendulum, electroscope and charge collectors. Electric attraction and repulsion, positive and negative charges, and the ACR mechanism (attraction, communication of electricity, and repulsion) are discussed. The concepts of conductors and insulators, together with the main differences in the behaviours of these two kinds of substances are analyzed. All experiments are clearly described and performed with simple, inexpensive materials. These experiments lead to clear concepts, definitions, and laws describing these phenomena. Historical aspects are presented, together with relevant quotations from the main scientists. The book presents an exhaustive analysis of the work of Stephen Gray (1666-1736), the great British scientist who discovered conductors and insulators, together with some of their main properties. An ample bibliography is included at the end of the work.  [more]

Os Fundamentos Experimentais e Históricos da Eletricidade

Andre Koch Torres Assis

(paperback, 274 pages; ISBN 978-0986492617)

Os Fundamentos Experimentais e Históricos da Eletricidade é um livro que lida com os aspectos fundamentais da física. Descreve as principais experiências e descobertas da história da eletricidade. Começa com o efeito âmbar, que é análogo à experiência usual de atrair papeizinhos com um plástico atritado no cabelo. Mostra-se como construir e utilizar diversos instrumentos elétricos: versório, pêndulo elétrico, eletroscópio e coletores de carga. Discute-se a atração e a repulsão elétrica, o mecanismo ACR (atração, contato e repulsão), assim como as cargas positivas e negativas. Analisa-se detalhadamente os conceitos de condutores e de isolantes, assim como as principais diferenças nos comportamentos destes dois tipos de substâncias.  [more]

The Static Universe : Exploding the Myth of Cosmic Expansion

Hilton Ratcliffe

(paperback, 258 pages; ISBN 978-0986492624)

The Static Universe is an anthem for the growing number of skywatchers who are heartily sick and tired of being led up the garden path. Is the Universe expanding? Maverick astrophysicist Hilton Ratcliffe argues that it is not, and if he’s right, an entire body of science is brought to its knees. The impact of the ensuing catastrophe will be devastating, and the cost to those who doggedly defend the prevailing paradigm is inestimable. It certainly runs to billions of dollars. In a world where self-interest rules, the author of this shocking exposé is literally putting himself on the line.  [more]

Ether space-time and cosmology : Physical vacuum relativity and quantum physics (Volume 3)

Michael C. Duffy and Joseph Lévy, editors

(paperback, 463 pages; ISBN 978-0-9864926-0-0)

The program “Ether space-time & cosmology” to which this book belongs, comprises several volumes designed to inform the physics community of the resurgence of the ether in modern science. The reality of the concept and its importance were evident by the end of the 20th century, and at the beginning of the 21st century: researches undertaken during the last 20 years have confirmed the existence of physical properties within space, even where it is devoid of ordinary matter. In addition to the well known properties of permittivity, permeability and the ability to transmit electromagnetic waves, other features have been more recently associated with the concept of space.  [more]

Ether space-time and cosmology : new insights into a key physical medium (Volume 2)

Michael C. Duffy and Joseph Lévy, editors

(paperback, 481 pages; ISBN 978-0-9732911-8-6)

The program “Ether space-time & cosmology” to which this book belongs, comprises several volumes designed to inform the physics community of the resurgence of the ether in modern science. The reality of the concept and its importance were evident by the end of the 20th century, and at the beginning of the 21st century: researches undertaken during the last 20 years have confirmed the existence of physical properties within space, even where it is devoid of ordinary matter. In addition to the well known properties of permittivity, permeability and the ability to transmit electromagnetic waves, other features have been more recently associated with the concept of space.  [more]

Ether space-time and cosmology : modern ether concepts, relativity and geometry (Volume 1)

Michael C. Duffy and Joseph Lévy, editors

(paperback, 438 pages; ISBN 978-1873694107)  

Research during the last 20 years has confirmed that space possesses physical properties even where it is devoid of ordinary matter. In addition to the well known properties of permittivity, permeability and the ability to transmit electromagnetic waves, other features have been associated with space more recently. These include the Casimir Effect and a significant amount of energy. This medium, devoid of any trace of ordinary matter, is usually referred to as "Physical Vacuum," "Plenum" or "Cosmic Substratum" along with other labels.

These various equivalent terms obviously refer to the Ether. The aim of this first volume of papers is to examine the different paths by which the modern ether concept developed. The evidence for its existence is reviewed and its properties are explored. It is anticipated that the emerging modern concept of ether will play a fundamental part in the development of 21st Century physical science, leading in particular to possible resolutions of most of the paradoxes that impede the development of modern physics.  [more]

Archimedes, the Center of Gravity, and the First Law of Mechanics

Andre Koch Torres Assis

(paperback, 187 pages; ISBN 978-0-9732911-6-2)

Archimedes, the Center of Gravity, and the First Law of Mechanics deals with the most fundamental aspects of physics. The book describes the main events in the life of Archimedes and the content of his works. It goes on to discuss a large number of experiments relating to the equilibrium of suspended bodies under the influence of Earth’s gravitational force. All experiments are clearly described and performed with simple, inexpensive materials. These experiments lead to a clear conceptual definition of the center of gravity of material bodies and illustrate practical procedures for locating it precisely. The conditions of stable, neutral, and unstable equilibrium are analyzed. Many equilibrium toys and games are described and explained. Historical aspects of the concept are presented, together with the theoretical values of center of gravity obtained by Archimedes. The book also explains how to build and calibrate precise balances and levers. Several experiments are performed leading to a mathematical definition of the center of gravity and the first law of mechanics, also called the law of the lever. Consequences of this law and different explanations of it are described at the end of the book, together with an exhaustive analysis of the works of Euclid and Archimedes.  [more]

The Electric Force of a Current

Weber and the surface charges of
resistive conductors carrying steady currents

Andre Koch Torres Assis and Julio Akashi Hernandes

(paperback, 239 pages; ISBN 978-09732911-5-5)

The Electric Force of a Current analyzes the electric force between a charge and a circuit carrying a steady current when they are at rest relative to one another. It presents experiments and analytical calculations showing the existence of this force, contrary to the statements of many scientists. The force is proportional to the voltage of the battery connected to the resistive circuit. It also includes calculations of the potential and electric field inside and outside resistive conductors carrying steady currents, and the distribution of charges along the surface of the conductors that generate this field. It contains two appendices that discuss the pioneering and revolutionary works of Wilhelm Weber and Gustav Kirchhoff, and a substantial bibliography of modern literature on the topic. [more]

Old Physics for New

a worldview alternative to Einstein's relativity theory

Thomas E. Phipps, Jr.

(paperback, 258 pages; ISBN 0-9732911-4-1) Price: $20US

From the author of Heretical Verities, a study more sharply focused on the sins of relativity theory. Where physicists see transcendent beauty, Phipps finds institutionalized ugliness. Where field theorists have eyes only for the glitter of Maxwell and Einstein, he commends the subtler attractions of the Cinderella of modern electromagnetic theory, Heinrich Hertz. [more]

Einstein and Poincaré

the physical vacuum

Valeri V. Dvoeglazov (ed.)

(paperback, 184 pages; ISBN 0-9732911-3-3) Price: $20US

In 1905, Einstein “abolished” the ether from physics. Yet the idea of a physical plenum has persisted in modern theoretical models. What is the current status of the “physical vacuum”? [more]