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AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT by Albert Einstein recently discovered by two scientists from Waterford Institute of Technology shows that the Nobel Prize winner once considered a mathematical model of the universe very different to today’s Big Bang Theory.
The manuscript, which hadn’t been referred to by scientists for decades, appears to have been written in the 1930s.
The cosmic model it proposes is radically different to previously known Einsteinian models of the universe, but anticipates a controversial theory proposed by the Cambridge scientist Fred Hoyle in the 1950s, which argued that space could be expanding eternally.
The document had been stored in plain sight at the Albert Einstein Archives in Jerusalem. However, it had been mistakenly filed as a first draft of another paper by the theoretical physicist.
WIT physicist Cormac O’Raifeartaigh told Nature he ‘almost fell out his chair’ when he realised what the manuscript was about.
Together with collaborators at Cambridge University and the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, the WIT duo have submitted a translation and analysis of Einstein’s manuscript to the European Physical Journal and have posted a preprint of their paper online (their English translation is available here)
According to the ‘abstract’:
We present a translation and analysis of an unpublished manuscript by Albert Einstein in which he proposed a ‘steady-state’ model of the universe.The manuscript appears to have been written in early 1931 and demonstrates that Einstein once considered a cosmic model in which the mean density of matter in an expanding universe remains constant due to a continuous creation of matter from empty space, a process he associated with the
cosmological constant.This model is in marked contrast to previously known Einsteinian models of the cosmos (both static and dynamic) but anticipates the well-known steady-state theories of Hoyle, Bondi and Gold.
We find that Einstein’s steady-state model contains a fundamental flaw and suggest it was discarded for this reason.
We also suggest that he declined to try again because he found more sophisticated versions rather contrived.
The manuscript is of historical significance because it reveals that Einstein debated between steady-state and evolving models of the cosmos decades before a similar debate took place in the cosmological community.
The Irish scientists’ discovery has been picked up by a raft of international publications — in addition to Nature, it’s also been featured in Forbes and Scientific American.
Check out Einstein Archives Online for the original German version.
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Is it me or is he the spit of Marty Whelan in that pic?
The God Particle , Albert Einstein and now Irish scientists. Up with the best of them. Well done.
Marty Feckin’ Whelan!!!
Now to find who was paid the promissory notes and where they live!
Just when I thought there was an article that nobody could link to recession/banks/government you came along to prove me wrong
There is always one
Ah Kevin, surely the theory of relativity explains nepotism in politics….
O that the attraction of like particles …..
Bam, Bobs your Uncle and Marys your Auntie!
Tesla was way smarter there is no comparison
Ooh don’t get me started on the whole Tesla V Einstein debate. Not on Ash Wednesday
Definitely Tesla was way ahead of Einstein only most Irish ppl dont know anything about Tesla.
Seems like we have a few irish people here who dont know much about Einstein.
I’m Irish and there are currently two Tesla turbines available to buy worldwide, one of which is designed, built and sold by me. How do you like them apples? :). Ps. Hardly anyone knows much about Tesla, he’s been purposely omitted from the history books due to the wardenclyffe project among other things.
Just proves it is all a theory with no credible evidence, one day he could be proved to be totally wrong!
I don’t think you understand the difference between theory and empirical work. His title as a THEORETICAL physicist gives a clue….
You’re thinking of the Laymans definition of theory. A scientific theory has a completely different meaning. A scientific theory has a body of evidence backing it up. You know, theory of gravity, germ theory, atomic theory etc.. Hope I cleared that up for you.
… the point being that this “lost theory” wasn’t a theory. It was a hypothesis.
It was a Laymans theory :).
@ Michael
One day he could be proved to be totally correct .
Michael
What do you propose we use as a starting point for developing a theory, a multi translated set of notes written by unknown peoples thousands of years ago in languages that were lost over time which talk about a mythical being creating everything in 6 days?
Eureka!
Archimedes
Johnsson.
Well done Daragh, that’s a very nice synopsis of our work, better than some summaries I’ve seen in famous outlets. Emily Elephant, is of course right, because the model proposed in the manuscript doesn’t work, it’s more of a hypothesis than a theory.
On evidence, I would say that there wasn’t enough astronomical evidence to decide between different models at the time, so it’s interesting seeing the great masters trying out all sorts of models…
http://adnanalshawafi.blogspot.com/
The strength and credibility of the logical evidence of the hypothesis concluded by the Yemeni researcher in astronomy Adnan Al Shawafi concerning balance of orbs
Has been further enhanced with a remarkable development in the position of scientists at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who declared that they have been mistaken in their findings announced in the second half of last March to have made the biggest astronomical event i.e. existence of exceptional energy pushing the matter at the speed of light and, thus, causing the universe to expand. Now, they belief that such statement enhances doubts over whether parallel universes exist along with ours. They contented themselves with the interpretation of what the telescope has provided regarding the extraordinary energy which they described as gravitational waves predicted by Einstein “Relativity Theory” about the beginning of the universe, according to the theory of the “Big Bang”.
The Yemeni researcher is one of the first researchers in the world to object to this conclusion and in the same month it was announced by scientists at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He then described those conclusions as hasty and lacking evidence…..http://adnanalshawafi.blogspot.com/
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Objection by the researcher Mr. Al Shawafi is documented and supported by a clear scientific hypothesis about poise celestial bodies as part of his scientific study published in his book entitled: “Compound Balance Balls…an Approach in Astronomy” which took him more than 15 years of painstaking research. The hypothesis was posted on the Internet, after being documented at the official authorities of Yemen.
Meanwhile, the researcher has published a summary of his study and his objections to the findings by scientists at Harvard Center in several websites and newspapers on the Internet and both in English and Arabic. Moreover, he made several posts on the subject through many specialized forums, newspapers and international websites commenting on the conclusions announced by Harvard Center.
The attitude of Mr. Al Shawafi is not unique to him but reinforced with other similar stances expressed by scientists in many international universities, such as Paul Steinhardt, director of Princeton University’s Center for Theoretical Science, Philipp Mertsch of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University, which widens the scope of controversy among Scientists on these findings early this month, prompting scientists at the Harvard Center to admit – in the 20th of June 2014, that their conclusions could not be correct.
In this context, the Yemeni researcher called upon universities and specialized research centers around the world to stand on his hypothesis, which was based on eight laws and eight mathematical equations explaining balance of poise celestial bodies in multiple universes systems and compound movements by these systems within the universe extra dimensions.
Al Shawafi’s hypothesis interpreted the force unveiled by Harvard’s Center as a result of repulsion forces at the nucleus of the galaxy, where the intensity of this force is more concentrated at both poles of the nucleus of the galaxy. The researcher says what is proved by mathematical equations, which compares between the size of the galaxy nucleus and the sharp decline in the movement at the two poles of the galaxy compared to the level of equatorial movement by the galactic nucleus, he concluded there is a strong repulsion force at the two poles of the galaxy pushing the cosmic dust, not gravitational waves, and that was not at the early universe as Harvard’s Center suggested.
The researcher has also revealed a new dimension further enhancing the predictions and explanations of hypothesis concerning the event which was reported by the radio telescope. This new dimension indicates there is an exceptional attraction force at the equatorial horizontal level of the nucleus of the galaxy that polarizes objects toward the nucleus, which explains why stars are found at this horizontal level and distributed in the form of sandwich.
Al Shawafi added that his hypothesis asserts that the horizontal equatorial level of the galaxy has a very strong force that polarizes very stars quickly to the center of the galaxy and this is what gives the galaxy the shape of a dish at the galaxy level and makes planets in the solar system line up in horizontal levels close to the orbital motion of the sun. At the level of the universe, the hypothesis explains how cosmic systems are installed, symmetry of the universe directions, how can gravity link between the extra dimensions of the universe and the gradual increasing speed in the movement of galaxies. Besides, the hypothesis attributed that to the growth, size and expansion of the universe. It also showed the impact of black holes on the interior rarefaction within the universe structure.
The researcher concluded saying: my hypothesis may look different from previous theories, as it attributes gravity to motion and with that it establishes a new understanding and recognition of the dark matter secrets. The researcher suggests that what distinguishes the biggest theories that brought about a significant change in astronomy, is that they basically seen as different in its contents and the innovation behind them to address the problems that are currently debated in the area of Astrophysics.
Some news agencies, newspapers and international websites have recently reported that scientists at Harvard’s Center have back stepped from their earlier findings meaning the topic is not resolved yet with a possible breakthrough in the coming months by working with Telescope Planck at the European Space Agency, and then to publish the findings.
To this end, the Yemeni researcher in astronomy Adnan Al Shawafi stressed the importance to take his explanations seriously, given his solutions and logical explanations enhanced by substantiated evidence about this cosmic phenomenon.
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