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A DIFFERENT KIND OF THEORY

When the first edition of this book was introduced, a few people reacted with the following comments or something very similar.
--- 1. You need some experiments which prove this theory.
--- 2. Where are your predictions? A valid theory must predict.

To understand a true unified theory, a person must be at least marginally familiar with all branches of physical phenomena. Most scientists are specialists who are not capable of seeing the larger volume of proof for a unified theory, because the larger bulk of this proof is usually found in areas with which they are not familiar. For them, the above comments would appear to be valid. They simply do not understand the difference between a unified theory and one of their limited theories.

Furthermore, the empirical evidence of existing experiments and observations, both past and present, must be explained by a unified theory. The purpose of the unified theory is to explain this evidence. Therefore, anyone who is claiming that more experiments are needed to explain a unified theory is, in effect, claiming that the empirical evidence that exists cannot be used as evidence for the unified theory. Actually, a true unified theory can claim as its own evidence all experiments and observations
(1) which are valid, and
(2) which can be explained by the unified theory.

The purpose of a unified theory is to explain how all physical phenomena relate. The purpose of a newly proposed unified theory is to explain this in a more logical and less complicated way than does any previously proposed unified theory. To accomplish this, the newly proposed theory must examine any relevant prior experiments and find a way to explain them in a better way. Likewise, any relevant natural phenomena must be looked upon anew and explained in a better way.

A valid unified theory does not require new experiments. Nor must it make predictions. Nevertheless, new experiments which would support the unified theory would be welcomed, and predictions made by a unified theory, if later verified, would be also be welcomed.

The paragraphs above should be re-read to be certain that they are understood. If they are not understood, reading the rest of this book and the subsequent books of this series would probably be a waste of time.

In the 1960's, when this theory was first discovered, it predicted that a magnetic monopole was absurd - an impossibility. Now, most physicists have come to the same conclusion (without fully understanding why this is so). This theory also predicted that the expansion of the universe would be found to be accelerating. This prediction has not yet been verified to everyone's satisfaction, but the evidence of an accelerating expansion is accumulating.

Unfortunately, this theory was not published before the magnetic monopole was discarded as a possibility. Nor was it published before the present evidence of an accelerating expansion was found. However, this theory does explain precisely why there can be no magnetic monopole and why the expansion of the universe is accelerating. From these explanations, it is obvious that this theory did indeed explain both even when it was first discovered, because both are fundamental to the theory itself. This fact will be evident as you learn more about the theory.

This theory must first be presented for it to be understood. Otherwise, no one would know what we are talking about. The first five books of this series present this theory. In this presentation, certain facts are presented which explain why this theory is a valid one at this time. Unfortunately, those not well acquainted with electrical theory and magnetism may not be able to see which are the known facts and which are part of the proposed theory. Consequently, they may not know a proof when they see it. This has been a problem up till now. In the future, I will try to separate the known facts in a more obvious fashion.

As the series progresses, more supporting experiments, which have already been performed, will be cited. Once the previous experiments and the natural phenomena in support of the theory have been cited, perhaps it will be possible to outline experiments tailored for this theory. However, as has already been mentioned, there is no necessity for further experiments to validate this theory at this time.

If you read carefully, and take the time to understand what you are reading, you will find that our theory explains the following in ways that use both mathematics and the accompanying three and four-dimensional geometric concepts:
(1) the true nature and composition of the universe,
(2) the fundamental nature of so-called subatomic particles, what mass actually is, and why mass and energy are different sides of the same coin,
(3) the nature of gravity and why it is essentially nothing more than acceleration in a unique configuration,
(4) the natures of the electron, electricity, electromagnetism, electromagnetic waves, and the strong and weak forces,
(5) the apparent nature of time,
(6) why Einstein's concept of relativity is insufficient,
(7) the true nature of the big bang, and
(8) why the expansion of the universe has been, is still, and will continue to be accelerating.

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