This book is a representation of my life work. Everything contained here is a product of me, my environment, my education, the people around me and my experiences. It could be nothing less. Almost all of it has been hard to come by, although, as if not by choice, I am driven to pursue this, my science, my theories and the writing of a new foundation of physics, The Theory of the Time-Energy Relationship.

I never imagined, as a child growing up in the 60's, that I would choose to be a physicist. In fact, as a child, I had no idea what I wanted to be. I knew that I did not want to be a policeman, a fireman, a soldier, or any of the other jobs that children often aspire to. All I knew was that I had a lot of questions on my mind and I would probably never settle down until they were answered.

So I asked a lot of questions and looked for a lot of answers. Of course, as you must have surmised, I came across a few unanswered questions and, though I would have liked to chase them all down, I was forced to choose only the ones that attracted me the most. This book is the beginnings of answers to some of those questions. The original problem was posed to me in 1979. . .

I was trying to answer a question about Einstein's Theory of Relativity. At the beginning, it was little more than a few words—an idea—scribbled on a sheet of paper. At that time, I was convinced that all I needed was to write down my ideas somewhere and the world would react to them. In my naïveté, I did not bother to pursue these ideas at an appropriate pace.

There were things that needed to be said about them, like, what they meant and how they fit in with other aspects of physics. As I learned more and more about physics, I had more ideas and understandings. I talked with people and got feedback from them, which gave me a "feel" for what I needed to write down and how to explain things. As time moved on, I added to the original writings—always looking to make the theory more comprehensive.

Of course, as the manuscript grew, it became more complex and difficult to understand. I was finally forced, because of its size, to break it down into several chapters. At first, I had planned to submit the work as a manuscript to one of the physical science journals. But because of complaints from my readers (including some physicists), I had to expand most chapters so that it could be better understood.

Eventually, the manuscript became so large that it turned into a book. This made it much too large to submit to a physics journal (even with just the bare essentials). As a result, I decided to widen my audience to include the public. This, of course, made things even bigger, and the book has continued to grow.

This book, in its final form—as you are reading it now—will be one of several I expect to write. It would be my personal preference to publish the entire theory in a single volume—as I am sure would be yours. But this is not the way my psyche works. For me, nothing is ever finished—it simply reaches a state of "acceptability"—that is—one of coherence.

What I have written here is the foundation of a new understanding of our universe; it provides a new avenue of pursuit in the study of physics. It is important that the reader be aware that the purpose of this book is to introduce new science which has never been presented in any other publication. It is not a re-hash of the old theories (although I will be re-hashing some of the old theories anyway—for reasons which will be explained later). The most important thing that I can promise you is that you will not be disappointed in what you read here; entirely new dimensions of thought will open up to you that you never thought possible.

Most of the theorems set down in this book are a direct challenge to the "status quo," and some people may reject it outright simply because of this. In a book I was reading recently on relativity and quantum theory, I came across an introduction in which the writer (a physicist) gave advice to those (like myself) who seek to solve the problems facing science today. He was concerned that the great success and knowledge which has been built-up as a result of the many years of research and study might be hurt by the intrusion of careless ideas and poorly structured theories. His advice to those of us who would take such chances was, "Do no damage."

There was only one faulty assumption in his thinking from my vantage point; that damage had not already been done. This is to say that the foundations of modern science are seen as having nearly flawless beginnings and can do no damage themselves, and therefore need to be protected. If, indeed, such theoretical structures are so frail, then no amount of protection will keep them from falling.

On the other hand, since they have stood for so long, almost without challenge, one must only have profound respect for them when presenting new theoretical structures intended to displace them. The question concerning the writer of that physics text, then, might be whether the work I have built here poses a threat to existing scientific structures. And indeed I say it does! The question of conscience standing before me is whether my work will cause damage to the science itself. My answer to this is that, by definition, it cannot.

The reason for this is quite simple. Physical theories, down through the ages, have arisen time and again, and new ones have come along to replace old ones. But each new theory has met with challengers from the "old schools" (the previous theoretical basis'). Each new theory gets tested, maligned, abused, kicked around and basically beaten-up. If it can stand those tests, then it can take its place as the "new order." A person presenting a new theory, however, is one who is willing to take on the "establishment" and willfully contest the old theories. In the physical science community, there are plenty of those.

So, even if my own theories become part of the "established way," certainly someone will come along (sooner or later) who will challenge them and produce a better description of nature. I hope this happens because I know that I am not perfect.

One of the most difficult aspects about presenting a new theory must be to determine its potential in science as a "know-all to end-all." No matter what theories are presented over the next hundred years or so, there will always be questions as to their "finality."

It is not well known that there was a long standing argument between Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr about the nature of the universe. It was Einstein's argument that the universe is highly defined and well-ordered, while Bohr insisted that the processes of nature were random and based strictly on probability. One of Einstein's most famous retorts in their discussions was simply, "God does not play dice!"

Einstein hated the ideas behind Quantum Mechanics and eventually became one of its most vocal detractors. In the later years of his life, much of his scientific effort was devoted to attempting to prove that the underlying principles of Quantum Mechanics were wrong. Unfortunately for him, he was never able to do so, and Quantum Mechanics has proven as strong as ever in holding its own as a part of the study of physics.

The Theory of Relativity has also been very strong in holding its own against the onslaught of scientific challengers—including Quantum Mechanics. One of the major problems, down through the years, has been to reconcile the differences between the two competing ideas, which for many scientists has taken its form in QED¹ (Quantum ElectroDynamics), which will not be discussed in this book.

The Theory of Relativity is a macroscopic, or large-scale theory, which primarily deals with large bodies of matter moving through time and space. Quantum Mechanics, on the other hand, is a microscopic, or small-scale theory, which deals primarily with very small particles, typically on the subatomic level.

  A large part of the argument between Einstein and Bohr was concerned with the finiteness of knowledge. Einstein believed that there was a limit to what we could learn, and that, someday, we would know everything there was to know about the universe. Bohr disagreed with this; he believed that, because of the defining principles of Quantum Mechanics, mankind would never reach the end of knowledge, and would always be in search of new and greater truths.

My own philosophical and scientific stance is a cut between these two. I prefer to move very carefully towards the defined and well-ordered, but I do not believe in the finiteness of knowledge. We are, at present, constrained to live within our own perception of reality. What lies beyond is limited only by our imagination. I do not believe that we will ever end our search for knowledge and understanding.

At this point, unfortunately, science appears to be at an impasse and we are, essentially, stuck. This is a problem I intend to resolve.

It does not matter whether this theory is believed; what does matter is that it is tested. The greatest error will be for it to be ignored, for to do so would be to close one's mind to the endless possibilities. The result of this is to limit oneself. Dr. Gentile A. Estavez, a one-time visiting professor at my alma mater, told us during one of his lectures, "The knowledge of physics belongs to everyone. You must never keep it for yourself. You must share it." And so, in this light, I wish to share my thoughts with you, who are reading them now.

Because of the subject matter and impetus of this book, at this point in time, I am recognized as more of a philosopher than a physicist. At best, I am seen as radical and "off-beat." To this I say, "Excellent!" The art of physics has long been recognized as abstract. For the last twenty-five centuries, physicists have been called "natural philosophers", and if this is the cap I must wear, then I don it proudly.

It has been said, and I believe it holds true, that you can never prove a thing—you may only disprove it. For the several theorems provided in the book, there are proofs given. These proofs arise as a simple matter of analytical reasoning—mostly in verbal form. But any reasoning process must have a set of experimental basis' (evidence) to work from. As long as those basis' are not disproved, the reasoning will hold and, within that limitation, I will maintain that the proofs are correct to the best of my understanding. I will not suggest, however, that they are absolute and must hold forever. They will hold only as long as their basis' hold or until I am proven wrong by new evidence.

Perhaps the greatest detriment to this book is its lack of mathematical rigor. My critics are quick to point this out. They are not very quick, however, to point out that any form of mathematical rigor must have a theoretical basis. I consider this part to be my job. As for the mathematical basis', this book will challenge the "old" ideas and require better structures, implying, of course, that the mathematica required for administering this new system simply do not exist at the present time. The implications of the Time-Energy Theory (mathematical and scientific) are vast and far-reaching, and more than I could work out in several lifetimes. It is contrary to my own nature to do so, but I will attempt to work out a few.

As a final note, the subject of determinism seems to bother me more than anything. I would personally prefer to live in an indeterminate universe, where nothing is fixed and anything can happen. But it seems that my own theories challenge this notion by their nature. Unfortunately, I must go by what I see, and not by my preferences. If I raise a few eyebrows along the way because of this, then so be it. We all have our sins to live with. Mine is to champion the cause of determinism as I hold to the doctrine of indeterminism.

As for my new critics, please, "Step into my dimension..."

Because I am writing a second one, I have left the preface to the first edition relatively untouched. Not so with the rest of this book; along with a new cover (same artwork, different look), I have expanded several of the concepts, having come across some new information that had not been introduced to me before.

I have also removed some "impertinent" personal sociological information (my "life" story) which, after a large amount of thought and soul-searching, I found to be lacking in value to the reader—particularly, I asked myself if I would enjoy reading this, and decided that I would not. I had to scan a couple of other, similar books, both purporting to be "whole, cosmological theories of the universe," before I realized that. They also contained excuses for various deficiencies, either in material content, author credentials, or other peculiarities which might tend to detract from their credibility.

This was not to say that those authors did not have good ideas; I liked their ideas, but as I scanned through some of the text, I realized that I started to get bored with the personal comments. I wanted "hardcore" scientific information and concepts, and I wanted them now. For your enjoyment (and my own), I have removed such "fluff."

In addition, after the first edition was printed and most of the copies were sold, I had the opportunity to speak with many of my readers and received some excellent feedback. Although there is a great deal of material contained in this book, some of it being fairly general, I was able to sort through some of the difficulties people had with it and found a few places for improvement, so the second edition has about the same amount of text as the first, but more of it is devoted to scientific endeavor.

Since the publication of the last edition, I have "retired" from the publishing business, realizing finally that it was the farthest thing in the world from what I wanted to do in life. That does not imply that I am presently doing what I want to do in life, in fact, I am doing something now even farther than publishing is from what I want to do. However, the ties of a business seemed a bit too constraining for me and I wanted to be away from it. So I closed the business.

It seemed a shame to me that the remainder of the books I did not sell were so few, relatively speaking, and that so few other people in the world would ever get to read this book... for those who wanted to. Then one recent Mother's Day, while dining with my family in celebration of the occasion, my younger sister, Jenny, told me that one of her best friends since childhood (a young girl I also knew in my youth but have not heard from in many years) was attending a college course at our local university and during one of the classes, the professor had held up a copy of this book to the class and advised them that it would be good reading.

Over the few years I spent publishing this book, it took some time for it to dawn upon me that few people in the world have much of an interest in this sort of science. It was a rude awakening and a sharp one that I should never forget. Perhaps it was the company I kept that fooled me into believing that everyone in the world would be interested in learning and understanding this sort of thing.

Needless to say, I was quite surprised to find that a professor at the university was touting my book. Surprised indeed, but then concerned that he (or she) had sent some forthrightly diligent students off on a wild goose chase to find and/or purchase and read a book which could not be found or purchased (except at the university library - and only two copies there).

It occurred to me that I should, at the very least, make this book available to those students and any other individuals who might enjoy reading it. So I offer to you, free of charge, the internet version of this book to read and enjoy.

I will make changes to the book as I go through it, a little at a time. You may find some "poor formatting" along the way and, as long as I am committed to cleaning it up, those will decrease in number as time goes by. As I consider the many, many hours I spent getting the format of the last three printed version "just right," I am thinking that I do not wish to repeat that effort. Already just getting this far, taking the original files and converting them into HTML has cost me a good deal of effort and since this is only the Preface, I have yet some ways to go even before it can be posted.

These are not the things I want to be doing. The time I spent learning new things about the world and the universe, the immeasurably deep science of physics and its intricacies seems to me the greatest wealth in the world, and I consider myself lucky and grateful for the opportunity to have had it. I only wish I could have more of that and less of this.

Happy reading.

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