Our Undiscovered Universe: Introducing Null Physics: The Science of Uniform and Unconditional Reality

by Terence Witt

Book Overview

For quite some time now, anyone who wanted to understand the universe's inner workings had only two places in which to turn. The first is an eclectic cast of 'scientific' paradigms, which includes,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978593138
• ISBN13: 9780978593131
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Aridian Publishing Corp
• Length: 457 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 10.6"

Customer Reviews

A word of simple logical praise

I had the pleasure of reading some of the negative reviews about Null Physics. What Terence Witt says about other cosmological theories is that they are not even capable of answering a child's simple query. Question #1: If you have a Big Bang, then where did all the material come from for our Universe? Another Universe? And where did that one come from? One before it? And how far back does this go? Isn't there some kind of law in physics that matter/energy can neither be created or destroyed? I thought I read that in a "real" physics book. But when I get to courses on cosmology I can throw the laws of physics away. What kind of "science" is that? Question #2: If you have an expanding/contracting universe, what does the universe contract from/expand into? A void? If a void is nothing, then how can something get into it? If the edge of the universe is a fixed barrier, then that barrier serves as a connection to that void. So in essence, somethingness connects nothingness. If that is true (and it has to be if you follow this line of reasoning), then there has to be some kind of structure or dimensionality that allows for something to expand into nothing. What the heck is that? I used to ask these questions in my astrophysics classes, and was told that that Big Bang "theories" matched our observations. The Big Bang theories can't co-exist with our known laws of physics if they can't even respond to the simple questions posed above. And that is all the author is saying. Instead of dressing Witt and his theory in unflattering adjectives, why don't you folks take a crack at explaining away the Law of Energy Conservation co-existing with the Big Bang Theory.

Physics, finally!

This is not an easy read, but a very satisfying one. The new theory of Null Physics is presented dispassionately, logically, and yet one cannot but respond with an emotional elation once one grasps the material. This cannot be said of the Standard Model or its proponents, who universally display a deep defensiveness which betrays their perception of the flaws and inadequacies they champion. Witt deftly defines why we live in the only possible universe and why it has always been so, what magnificent machines of self-sustinence the galaxies are, and why the "particle zoo" of the academics is just fictitious nonsense. Anyone with a love of physics and the suspicion that something's just not right in the accepted academic cosmological models will find this book an invaluable and uplifting guide.

Our Undiscovered Universe: A Timely and Insightful Contribution by Terence Witt

Terence Witt is not a popular figure in the physics community. This may well be the largest understatement written or heard since "Houston, we have a problem." Judging by the revilement hurled toward Witt in online science forums, it appears to this observer that something wicked has certainly this way come, ferried to shore in the form of a 457 page book entitled, Our Undiscovered Universe: Introducing Null Physics, The Science of Uniform and Unconditional Reality. Released in August of 2007, Our Undiscovered Universe is an impressive specimen of individual achievement and scientific autonomy in an age best characterized by homogeny and interdependence. What Witt lacks in gentility and credentials - though this observer stopped paying attention to titles right around the time a paperboy handed me his business card - he more than compensates for with humor, Patton-like assuredness and exhaustive mathematics. Chapter 1 of Our Undiscovered Universe, titled Something From Nothing, is problematic for most physicists as it leans decidedly toward philosophy (logic). Philosophy and science shook hands and parted ways right around the time Sarte lent his support to the National Liberation Front in its attempt to emancipate Algeria from France. For philosophy scholars, this initial chapter at first blush must be remindful of Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God. A difference to be noted is that Anselm sought to substantiate the existence of someone / something metaphysical whereas Witt's Null physics seeks to establish a duality inherent to nothingness manifested in the relationship between space and matter - two entities subject to observation. Null Physics draws from Einstein's general relativity to describe matter and energy as distributions of curved space. Viewed as geometric points that become connected with spatial curvature, Null Physics argues that space (nothing) and matter/energy (curved space) are expressions of the same underlying nothingness. How persuasive Witt is on this matter certainly varies from reader to reader given that some of the heavy-handed rhetoric may not be palatable. What cannot be overlooked is the logical protraction of Einstein's theory of gravity. Witt, recognizing that mass is a constituent of gravity, defines matter as a hole in space surrounded by a centralized field of positive and negative fourth-dimensionalized deflection i.e. gravity. In doing so, Witt fortifies the overt philosophizing of this chapter with reference to a bastion of modern physics thus blurring, albeit slightly, the line separating science from philosophy. Moving ahead to pivotal chapter 5 of Our Undiscovered Universe, titled Quantum Neorealism, Witt begins delineating the defining characteristics of Null physics. On page 114, Witt declares: "Null Physics has a basic theme - the equivalent and unconditional reality of all things, from space to photons. Contrary to the quantum reality rampant in

A worthwhile perspective

My wife and I have been reading Null Physics for the last few months and have had fun discussing each others interpretations of the various ideas presented. We have spent enjoyable hours discussing "NOTHING". I was drawn to this book for a number of reasons. First was my desire to read and learn more about our universe from a fresh point of view. The challenge and excitement of comprehending new ideas came from my experience in the early 1970's reading, understanding and using the principals of solid state physics authored by Andy Grove ( Intel Corp.) and others. I struggled with some of the concepts but eventually became conversant in some areas, which led me to a successful and exciting 15 yr. career. I feel the same excitement with the challenge of Null Physics. The math is not excessively challenging, but since math isn't my strong suit I tend to focus on the concepts and leave the math details to the experts. The detail, confidence and thoroughness expressed by Mr. Witt in Null Physics motivated me to continue to read and comprehend more. His confident and unrelenting belittling of the current "standard model" is certain to invite attacks by a number of astrophysicists, which I believe he expects. I've read some very negative reviews of Null Physics by some astrophysicists and was amused by their fiery rants and name-calling. I can only suggest that these people read and view Null Physics with cautious respect, because their "Standard Model" of the universe could go the way of the "Earth Geocentric Theory" of our solar system. Ptolemy's (200AD) Geocentric Theory was a complicated and complete description of the solar system, in which he mathematically predicted the apparent motions of all the planets. It was the first mathematical framework for our understanding of the solar system and it was utterly wrong. The current "Standard Model" isn't as clean as Ptolemy's "Geocentric Theory" was. It's built of various mathematical gymnastics, and sub model corrections to explain away observed discrepancies and anomalies. I believe the fruitless search for the Higgs Boson will go on for years and never die the death it probably deserves. Too much time, money and too many egos are invested in the search. I'm sure something more strange or bizarre will be proposed to take its place if the Higgs isn't found. Astrophysicists are probably developing those models as I write this. New telescopes, analytical tools and data analysis techniques will soon show how galactic black holes recycle degenerated matter as part of a galactic recycling process. This will eventually lead us in the direction of an infinite universe possibility. I strongly recommend Null Physics to those who are open minded, searching for honest additions of knowledge about our universe and willing to think beyond the "consensus".

A Splendid Synthesis

It did not take me long to share the excitement and extravagant praise that other reviewers have expressed. Truly appreciating this monumental work takes a while, though. "Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on." -- Winston Churchill (Plenty of examples of that here; the scoffers have been here making faces and entering supposed tags like "codswallop", "irrelevence" (sic), and "tabloid sensaltionalism" (sic).) "I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -- Sir Isaac Newton With all due respect to Newton, Witt has uncovered a gem mine. Witt's style combines deep background in surprisingly relevant fields like set theory, with relentless clarity and logic, and touches of humor. As he says in the preface, it is not necessarily easy reading, but it is well written and very accessible to educated people. (Prior familiarity with cosmological concepts, quantum mechanics, topology, and set theory is helpful but not essential.) Witt's odd mathematical notation takes getting used to -- e.g., infinity+1, infinity^3/infinity, and 1^4. Some have complained that this is "bad math". They're missing the point. Witt is not doing arithmetic here -- he's driving a point about the importance of dimensionality, a major recurring theme and one that he milks for astonishing insights. For example, he explains refractive index: "The refractive index phenomenon is not due to photon absorption-reemission; it is the result of the extra volume that the energy of which matter is composed adds to space. ... Energy has dimensions of time-distance^2, and space has dimensions of distance^3. They share two of the same dimensions. The only way energy can exist within space as additional volume is by a certain density of time per distance -- the units of energy density. Thus the net effect of energy density is an increase in time per distance, and therefore any distance through space is extended in direct proportion to energy density. ..." Every couple of pages another bright conceptual comet flares across the page. There are disarmingly "cute" phrases such as "points are cheap; space is big" that, in context (this book is ALL about context -- context is everything!) will stagger the imagination. For as long as I can remember, certainly since childhood, I have been fascinated and confounded by conservation of momentum. To me there is no greater mystery in Nature than the ballerina speeding up when she folds in her arms, or the gyroscope that resists axis change. The previous most satisfying (not very) explanation I ran across was Mach's ("In the grip of the distant Universe"). But Witt says "Existence is contextual" -- and really nails it. Of course, you have to read