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Fundamentals of Physics Part 5d) Gravity

Fundamentals of Physics 5d) Falsification Gravity In 1647 Gassendi resurrected the ancient ‘kinetic’ atomic theory of the ultimate structure of macroscopic matter and later in this century Christaan Huygens introduced his seminal work on the propagation of light and Newton … Continue reading

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A Critique of The Kinetic Theory of Gases

The Kinetic Theory of Matter is the theory on which all science today is based. Whether we are looking at the microscopic, the macroscopic or the human perspective this is the postulate upon which the teaching of science in schools, … Continue reading

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A Particular Obsession

The word ‘particle’ means ‘a minute portion of matter’, there is no ambiguity, it is a portion, i.e. a distinct volumetric entity, of matter and matter alone, whose outer limits can take any shape or form. Newton’s ‘corpuscle’ is the … Continue reading

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