Physics at the Shallow End of the Pond Joseph Sprouse

By the beginning of the twentieth century it was apparent that the force required to increase the speed of a beam of charged particles increases drastically as the speed of charged particles approach that of light- leading to the notion that either the charge decreases, or the mass increases with increasing speed. Einstein correctly concluded that it was neither. Instead he addressed the issue by replacing the classical kinetic energy of an object (mv2/2) with a "relativistic kinetic energy" ( mc2/(1- 2)1/2). Einstein"s kinetic energy formulation does not reduce to the classical kinetic energy as the speed of the object approaches zero- a situation long ignored. There is, however, an alternative formulation, derivable directly from a slightly revised version of Newton"s 2nd law, which provides a kinetic energy similar to that of Einstein, which reduces to the classical kinetic energy at ordinary speeds. Also, in this book, a "broadside" is leveled at the Lorentz transformation, and another salvo aimed at the entire spectrum of radiation- each of which is far more provocative than the introduction of a modified version of Newton"s 2nd law of motion. New physics, as it should, begins with conceptualization, followed by mathematical formulation. Joseph Sprouse (b. Atlanta, GA), after a tour of duty with the United States Marine Corps, attended the University of Florida- receiving a B.S. in Physics in 1959 and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1961. In 1967 he received a M.S. in Physics from the University of Tennessee, and continued his graduate studies at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He worked as a senior aerospace research engineer at the Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, TN fifteen years, concentrating primarily on the design, operation and diagnostics of electrodeless arc-generated plasmas, d.c. arc-generated supersonic plasmas, rocket exhaust plumes, and the development and operation of a four megawatt, twenty-kHz electrodeless arc-generated plasma. Diagnostic tools consisted of spectroscopy (infrared to ultraviolet), rf electrical conductivity probes, microwave and lasers beams. Maxwell"s electrodynamic equations were extensively applied to the diagnostics and operation of the devices and probes. He also worked for seven years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in management, and as a technical advisor. He has published several technical articles and reports, and a mathematical tutorial extending from arithmetic to integral calculus, and a documentary of a WWII event. He was a member of the American Physical Society for thirty plus years. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Physics at the Shallow End of the Pond (Joseph Sprouse)