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The Particles of the Universe
The universe is simply energy. Everything around us, including matter, is energy. A deep look into the mysteries of the subatomic world – the particles that make up the atom – provides answers to basic questions about how the universe works.
To solve the future of mankind’s energy needs we need to understand the basic building blocks of the universe, including the atom and its parts. By exploring the subatomic world we’ll find more answers to our questions about time, forces like gravity and the matter that surrounds us. More importantly, we’ll find new ways to tap into the energy that exists around us to power our growing needs. In a new branch of particle physics, where tiny particles are thought of as energy waves, we find new answers that may help us in our quest to find alternative energy sources.
To solve the future of mankind’s energy needs we need to understand the basic building blocks of the universe, including the atom and its parts. By exploring the subatomic world we’ll find more answers to our questions about time, forces like gravity and the matter that surrounds us. More importantly, we’ll find new ways to tap into the energy that exists around us to power our growing needs. In a new branch of particle physics, where tiny particles are thought of as energy waves, we find new answers that may help us in our quest to find alternative energy sources.
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106 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 28, 2012
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August 31, 2020
Ok, I don't pretend to be smart enough to decided whether string theory is true or not, and whether the author is onto something here. But I am smart enough to be very annoyed when I read through an entire book and then at the end the author goes, "By the way, everything I've been presenting as fact is just a theory, and actually a theory that contradicts the theory the vast majority of physicists today believe." Intellectually dishonest at best; I feel I wasted my time reading this.
November 19, 2017
Don't waste your time on this unscientific nonsense.
Whether the author genuinely believes this bs or is trying to scam you, the end result is the same. This is a lot of random pseudo science to waste your time.
If I could I would rate this book 0 or negative stars for wasting my time.
Whether the author genuinely believes this bs or is trying to scam you, the end result is the same. This is a lot of random pseudo science to waste your time.
If I could I would rate this book 0 or negative stars for wasting my time.
December 4, 2020
Great Intro
Waves? Strings? Particles? What makes up the universe at the foundations? This book explores the building blocks of our universe with an easy to read non technical approach. Not a scientific paper, nor intended to be, you’ll get to think about the stuff around us in new and mysterious ways. A great read and intro into this alternative theory of physics.
Waves? Strings? Particles? What makes up the universe at the foundations? This book explores the building blocks of our universe with an easy to read non technical approach. Not a scientific paper, nor intended to be, you’ll get to think about the stuff around us in new and mysterious ways. A great read and intro into this alternative theory of physics.
May 11, 2017
This raised my eyebrows and gave me a pause. I have a great deal of doubt about a theory and book largely using Wikipedia as a source. The aether was abandoned by Einstein for good reason.
October 1, 2020
Can’t say I’m completely sold but it is certainly a very interesting theory! The author does a great job of backing his claims for the Energy Wave Theory
December 7, 2020
An easy read
This is a good book to read to get a good idea of what makes up the universe by breaking down the things that are part of us all.
This is a good book to read to get a good idea of what makes up the universe by breaking down the things that are part of us all.
March 17, 2021
I may not have more than cursory knowledge of the subject, but the theories in the book seem suspect to me. Not recommended.
May 14, 2014
For me, the jury is definitely still out on this theory .... but then......
I too think that the current and past preoccupation with the overt silliness of string theory should have, by this time, run its course in present day particle physics -- but who am I to say, being a mere nuclear and radiochemist for over 40 years. Not much of what the string theorists profess resonates with a practical scientist like me -- though I dearly scarf-up every thing I read about the secrets of the universe.
Here in this book, is a truly novel, simple approach to understand the "inner gear-workings" of the universe, that for me, has profound implications, if the theory stands the tests of time.
Consider (among my many thoughts):
1. Matter and antimatter are said to have been created in the Big Bang; however after a pyrotechnic display of epic proportions matter won out. Why this was so, no one has a clue (primarily because no one was there to witness what happened). The lame reason is that there was more matter created than antimatter.....hmmmm....now why would that be pray tell ???
2. The author, and I presume his confederate, postulate that in the high energy state of the Big Bang the basic building blocks of matter were formed by the lowly electron and it's antiparticle, the positron. Together they formed all the protons and neutrons that exist it the known universe. In both protons and neutrons, 4 electrons formed tetrahedral structures for each particle -- the only difference between those particles is the incorporation of a positron at the core of the proton tetrahedron.
3. Concurrent to the grand annihilation of matter and antimatter (1 for 1 free electrons annihilating with free positrons) and the subsequent formation of protons and neutrons with what was left over in the initial formation of the universe, one should be able to calculate the true ratio of matter to antimatter just after the Big Bang.
4. According to this theory, since the current universe contains about 96 percent H and about 4 percent He, then 96 percent of matter will have 5 electrons and 1 positron (including 1 orbiting electron) and 4 percent has 18 electrons and 2 positrons ( 2P and 2N with 2 orbiting electrons)
5. Back of the envelop calculation, punctuated with a few senior moments yields, according to this theory 5.3 matter particles (electrons) vs 1 antimatter particle (positron). .....Hmmmm....Wow!!!!!......Why!!!!!
6. Lucy!! You gotta lotta 'splanning to do!!
7. Having said all this, I find this theory many times more palatable than any variation of string theory I've read about to date, and I've been reading about this stuff for about a half a century -- you would have thunk the string theorists, by now, would'nt have made a "smidgen" (to use a quantization our beloved president used recently) of progress. LOL!!!!!
I too think that the current and past preoccupation with the overt silliness of string theory should have, by this time, run its course in present day particle physics -- but who am I to say, being a mere nuclear and radiochemist for over 40 years. Not much of what the string theorists profess resonates with a practical scientist like me -- though I dearly scarf-up every thing I read about the secrets of the universe.
Here in this book, is a truly novel, simple approach to understand the "inner gear-workings" of the universe, that for me, has profound implications, if the theory stands the tests of time.
Consider (among my many thoughts):
1. Matter and antimatter are said to have been created in the Big Bang; however after a pyrotechnic display of epic proportions matter won out. Why this was so, no one has a clue (primarily because no one was there to witness what happened). The lame reason is that there was more matter created than antimatter.....hmmmm....now why would that be pray tell ???
2. The author, and I presume his confederate, postulate that in the high energy state of the Big Bang the basic building blocks of matter were formed by the lowly electron and it's antiparticle, the positron. Together they formed all the protons and neutrons that exist it the known universe. In both protons and neutrons, 4 electrons formed tetrahedral structures for each particle -- the only difference between those particles is the incorporation of a positron at the core of the proton tetrahedron.
3. Concurrent to the grand annihilation of matter and antimatter (1 for 1 free electrons annihilating with free positrons) and the subsequent formation of protons and neutrons with what was left over in the initial formation of the universe, one should be able to calculate the true ratio of matter to antimatter just after the Big Bang.
4. According to this theory, since the current universe contains about 96 percent H and about 4 percent He, then 96 percent of matter will have 5 electrons and 1 positron (including 1 orbiting electron) and 4 percent has 18 electrons and 2 positrons ( 2P and 2N with 2 orbiting electrons)
5. Back of the envelop calculation, punctuated with a few senior moments yields, according to this theory 5.3 matter particles (electrons) vs 1 antimatter particle (positron). .....Hmmmm....Wow!!!!!......Why!!!!!
6. Lucy!! You gotta lotta 'splanning to do!!
7. Having said all this, I find this theory many times more palatable than any variation of string theory I've read about to date, and I've been reading about this stuff for about a half a century -- you would have thunk the string theorists, by now, would'nt have made a "smidgen" (to use a quantization our beloved president used recently) of progress. LOL!!!!!
September 7, 2020
Particles of the universe by Jeff Yee is a fascinating book, but I quit about halfway through. The reason is it has so many misconceptions about modern physics. For example, It states that a free quark has never been found (true) and that's a reason to discount the quark theory. But the current theory is that the energy necessary to pull a quark out of a particle is more than the energy to create a new quark. So you can never get a free quark - they come out in pairs, which is a particle. (its more complicated, but that's the basic idea.)
Another one was that modern physics treats electrons as particles when there is experimental evidence that they are waves (true). But modern physics doesn't say that. The theory of matter is incomplete, but highly accurate for most situations. Electrons follow the dictates of Quantum Mechanics and have characteristics of waves and particles.
The theory presented is a classical theory in that it ignores Quantum Mechanics, which has evolved over the last century to explain effects that have been discovered.
I found the theory interesting even though I consider it flawed because current theory is incomplete and new ideas may trigger other thoughts.
Read this book to get ideas, not to obtain insights into modern theory.
Another one was that modern physics treats electrons as particles when there is experimental evidence that they are waves (true). But modern physics doesn't say that. The theory of matter is incomplete, but highly accurate for most situations. Electrons follow the dictates of Quantum Mechanics and have characteristics of waves and particles.
The theory presented is a classical theory in that it ignores Quantum Mechanics, which has evolved over the last century to explain effects that have been discovered.
I found the theory interesting even though I consider it flawed because current theory is incomplete and new ideas may trigger other thoughts.
Read this book to get ideas, not to obtain insights into modern theory.
May 26, 2016
The explanation given in this book for the elementary particles that make up the Standard Model is very interesting, but sometimes a little away from reality. Although anything could in principle be possible in the atoms realm, the explanation given here seems a little imaginative, with no mathematical reference to support it. But it is interesting to see different angles for the solution of a problem that has been keeping physicists awake for decades.
May 28, 2016
Simplicity is universes logic
This book has very good logic structure and clear thread to picture the energy wave world. It is based on classic theory and well-cited experiments and papers.
If we synth philosophical and religion works and physic and chemical , it sounds logical right and show very impression road map for science and technology. Especially related the near future of mankind surviving from existing energy resource.
As science book, it is direct , simple, clear
This book has very good logic structure and clear thread to picture the energy wave world. It is based on classic theory and well-cited experiments and papers.
If we synth philosophical and religion works and physic and chemical , it sounds logical right and show very impression road map for science and technology. Especially related the near future of mankind surviving from existing energy resource.
As science book, it is direct , simple, clear
February 11, 2015
A great read, I enjoyed it immensely!!!
You have taken an extremely difficult subject matter and made it intuitive. I have learned so much. I'm a believer in the idea that the laws of the universe can be explained by relatively simple laws, and that these laws use the wave properties of all particles as it's basis. The unified theory of all is a theory of waves!
You have taken an extremely difficult subject matter and made it intuitive. I have learned so much. I'm a believer in the idea that the laws of the universe can be explained by relatively simple laws, and that these laws use the wave properties of all particles as it's basis. The unified theory of all is a theory of waves!
November 2, 2015
Particles of the universe
Great explanation of a theory involving waves rather than particles. The mathematics is easy to follow. The book follows a very logical order.
Great explanation of a theory involving waves rather than particles. The mathematics is easy to follow. The book follows a very logical order.
July 9, 2013
Clear, concise, and captivating. Simple enough for people not in STEM fields.
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