Kritische Stimmen
zur Relativitätstheorie

von Peter F. Erickson

Absolute Space, Absolute Time, & Absolute Motion
Peter F. Erickson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation, 2008 – Amazon

Description

Absolute Space, Absolute Time, and Absolute Motion exist. These are shown to be facts through an investigation of the nature of infinitesimals. Knowledge of that nature also makes the irrational magnitudes within the unit comprehensible. The number line is shown
to be cognitively superior to set theory; furthermore, non-Euclidean geometry is shown to be a mere manipulation of symbols and not an expression of a „parallel universe.“ Inside, the reader will also learn about a hitherto unknown number system locked within _-1. He will also discover in the infinitesimal calculus a hidden key to a level of reality beneath that of nano-technology.. The foundation of science is not some vague generality, but the exercise of reason as originating from the human sensorium. There is no difference between mathematical and ordinary inductive reasoning.

Review from Kirkus Discoveries 

Erickson explores and explains the infinite and the infinitesimal with application to absolute space, time and motion, as well as absolute zero temperature in this thoughtful treatise. 

Mathematicians, scientists and philosophers have explored the realms of the continuous and the discrete for centuries. Erickson delves into the history of these concepts and how people learn and understand them. He regards the infinitesimal as the key to understanding much of the scientific basis of the universe, and intertwines mathematical examples and historical context from Aristotle, Kant, Euler, Newton and more with his deductions—resulting in a readable treatment of complex topics. The reader will gain an understanding of potential versus actual infinity, irrational and imaginary numbers, the infinitesimal, and the tangent, among other concepts. At the heart of Erickson’s work is the veritable number system, in which positive and negative numbers are incompatible for the basic mathematical operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, roots and ratios. This number system, he demonstrates, can provide a new interpretation of imaginary numbers, as a combination of the real and the veritable. Erickson further explores limits, derivatives and integrals before turning his attention to non-Euclidean geometry. In each topic, he applies his new understanding of the infinitesimal to the ideas of mathematics and draws conclusions. In the case of non-Euclidean geometry, the author determines that it’s inconsistent with the infinitesimal. Erickson supplies illustrative examples both in words and images—he clearly defines new notation as needed for concepts such as eternity, the infinitesimal, the instant and an unlimited quantity. In the final chapters, the author addresses absolute space, time and motion through the lens of the infinitesimal. While explaining his deductions and thoughts on these complex topics, he raises new questions for his readers to contemplate, such as the origin of memory. A weighty tome for devotees of mathematics and physics that raises interesting questions. 

About the Author

Peter F. Erickson has spent much of his life in the contemplation of issues involving infinity. He graduated in 1961 from Stanford University. In 1975, he wrote Introduction to the Tripartie System: A Monetrary Program for Americans. In 1997, his critical work, The Stance of Atlas was published. In 2003, Passport to Poverty: the ’90s Stock Market and What It Can Still Do To You appeared. In 2006, he published Absolute Space, Absolute Time, Absolute Motion, perhaps, the most complete exposition of infinitesimals ever written. It also introduced the veritable number system, which solves the mystery of the square root of negative one. This year (2010), The Nature Of Negative Numbers will present an exposition of veritable numbers.

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