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grnjn066@yahoo.com
Apr1-05, 01:07 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Would you hire a cab in a city without a single street map?\n\nIf you do have a method of organizing your knowledge of physics,\nis it a shared method?\n\n1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,\nthe tree of life in biology, chemistry\'s periodic table of elements or\nany street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of\nreferences, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation,\nscience with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such a\ncommon ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.\n\n2. I dare anyone, after examination, to declare that the technique\nwhich I have stumbled upon is not the most logical, most pertinent,\nthe most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.\n\n3. I challenge everyone to seek the limits of the potential in this\nmeta-language tool: My work is public domain.\n\nJohn Aikman\nThe Outlaw Map of Physics\n\nhttp://www.outlawmapofphysics.com\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Would you hire a cab in a city without a single street map?
If you do have a method of organizing your knowledge of physics,
is it a shared method?
1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,
the tree of life in biology, chemistry's periodic table of elements or
any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of
references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation,
science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such a
common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.
2. I dare anyone, after examination, to declare that the technique
which I have stumbled upon is not the most logical, most pertinent,
the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.
3. I challenge everyone to seek the limits of the potential in this
meta-language tool: My work is public domain.
John Aikman
The Outlaw Map of Physics
http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com
Uncle Al
Apr2-05, 02:43 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>grnjn066@yahoo.com wrote:\n>\n> Would you hire a cab in a city without a single street map?\n\nWhat choice would you have?\n\n> If you do have a method of organizing your knowledge of physics,\n> is it a shared method?\n\nTry a textbook.\n\nhttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html\noverview of all physics\nhttp://www.motionmountain.net/\noverview of all physics\n\n> 1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,\n> the tree of life in biology, chemistry\'s periodic table of elements or\n> any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of\n> references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation,\n> science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such a\n> common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.\n\nOK. "The foundation, science with the units of measurement at its\ncore has no need of such a common ground visual aid, memory aid, and\ncalculation device." How was that?\n\n> 2. I dare anyone, after examination, to declare that the technique\n> which I have stumbled upon is not the most logical, most pertinent,\n> the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.\n\nIt\'s vanity and obsession rather than scholarship. It adds nothing to\ncontemporary knowledge or process.\n\n> 3. I challenge everyone to seek the limits of the potential in this\n> meta-language tool: My work is public domain.\n>\n> John Aikman\n> The Outlaw Map of Physics\n>\n> http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com\n\nThe capacitance of a metal paper clip is its length near enough, at\nleast in cgs units. That makes for a merry moment at the end of a\nthesis defense or a quick estimate in a pulsed network, but it is\notherwise valueless. The world is rich with factual relationships\nthat do not matter. It\'s overflowing with fictional relationships and\nnumerololgy. Visit Las Vegas and observe how many players honestly\nbelieve they will walk way with net winnings.\n\n--\nUncle Al\nhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/\n(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)\nhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>grnjn066@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Would you hire a cab in a city without a single street map?
What choice would you have?
> If you do have a method of organizing your knowledge of physics,
> is it a shared method?
Try a textbook.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
overview of all physics
http://www.motionmountain.net/
overview of all physics
> 1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,
> the tree of life in biology, chemistry's periodic table of elements or
> any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of
> references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation,
> science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such a
> common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.
OK. "The foundation, science with the units of measurement at its
core has no need of such a common ground visual aid, memory aid, and
calculation device." How was that?
> 2. I dare anyone, after examination, to declare that the technique
> which I have stumbled upon is not the most logical, most pertinent,
> the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.
It's vanity and obsession rather than scholarship. It adds nothing to
contemporary knowledge or process.
> 3. I challenge everyone to seek the limits of the potential in this
> meta-language tool: My work is public domain.
>
> John Aikman
> The Outlaw Map of Physics
>
> http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com
The capacitance of a metal paper clip is its length near enough, at
least in cgs units. That makes for a merry moment at the end of a
thesis defense or a quick estimate in a pulsed network, but it is
otherwise valueless. The world is rich with factual relationships
that do not matter. It's overflowing with fictional relationships and
numerololgy. Visit Las Vegas and observe how many players honestly
believe they will walk way with net winnings.
--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf
backdoorstudent@yahoo.com
Apr2-05, 02:43 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>grnjn066@yahoo.com wrote:\n> Would you hire a cab in a city without a single street map?\n\nYes. I wouldn\'t want to hire a cab driver that needed a map. A good cab\ndriver has his own personal map in his head from experience.\n\n> the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.\n\nI disagree.\n\n> John Aikman\n> The Outlaw Map of Physics\n>\n> http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com\n\nA map is supposed to be easy to read.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>grnjn066@yahoo.com wrote:
> Would you hire a cab in a city without a single street map?
Yes. I wouldn't want to hire a cab driver that needed a map. A good cab
driver has his own personal map in his head from experience.
> the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.
I disagree.
> John Aikman
> The Outlaw Map of Physics
>
> http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com
A map is supposed to be easy to read.
Tracy Hall
Apr3-05, 04:45 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>On 2005-04-02 at 12:43 am, backdoorstud..@yahoo.com wrote:\n\n>Yes. I wouldn\'t want to hire a cab driver that needed a map. A\n> good cab driver has his own personal map in his head from\n> experience.\n\nLondon cabbies take two years to learn the maze before getting their\nlicense, which results in a measurable increase in the size of their\nhippocampus.\n\nEleanor A. Maguire David G. Gadian, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Catriona D.\nGood, John Ashburner, Richard S. J. Frackowiak, and Christopher D.\nFrith,\nNavigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers\nPNAS | April 11, 2000 | vol. 97 | no. 8 | 4398-4403\nwww.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.070039597\nfull article at http://tinyurl.com/63k6c\n\nFor fun, see also\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/677202.stm\n\nTracy Hall\nhthalljr\'gmail\'com\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>On 2005-04-02 at 12:43 am, backdoorstud..@yahoo.com wrote:
>Yes. I wouldn't want to hire a cab driver that needed a map. A
> good cab driver has his own personal map in his head from
> experience.
London cabbies take two years to learn the maze before getting their
license, which results in a measurable increase in the size of their
hippocampus.
Eleanor A. Maguire David G. Gadian, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Catriona D.
Good, John Ashburner, Richard S. J. Frackowiak, and Christopher D.
Frith,
Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers
PNAS | April 11, 2000 | vol. 97 | no. 8 | 4398-4403
www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.070039597
full article at http://tinyurl.com/63k6c
For fun, see also
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/677202.stm
Tracy Hall
hthalljr'gmail'com
vonnyn@hotmail.com
Apr4-05, 04:35 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>I\'m afraid if you want to declare this map to be \'the most logical,\nmost pertinent, the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics\nthat exists\' you are going to have to explain what it means, how it is\nused, and what it is exactly that can be done *with* this map that\ncouldn\'t be done *without* it. I, for one, think it is one of the most\ncomplex, ugly, inelegant, and conceptually empty ideas that has\nappeared on this list. I am not even sure that it can reasonably be\ncalled physics.\n\nVonny N.\n\njn066@yahoo.com wrote:\n> Would you hire a cab in a city without a single street map?\n>\n> If you do have a method of organizing your knowledge of physics,\n> is it a shared method?\n>\n> 1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,\n> the tree of life in biology, chemistry\'s periodic table of elements\nor\n> any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of\n> references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation,\n> science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such\na\n> common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.\n>\n> 2. I dare anyone, after examination, to declare that the technique\n> which I have stumbled upon is not the most logical, most pertinent,\n> the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.\n>\n> 3. I challenge everyone to seek the limits of the potential in this\n> meta-language tool: My work is public domain.\n>\n> John Aikman\n> The Outlaw Map of Physics\n>\n> http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>I'm afraid if you want to declare this map to be 'the most logical,
most pertinent, the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics
that exists' you are going to have to explain what it means, how it is
used, and what it is exactly that can be done *with* this map that
couldn't be done *without* it. I, for one, think it is one of the most
complex, ugly, inelegant, and conceptually empty ideas that has
appeared on this list. I am not even sure that it can reasonably be
called physics.
Vonny N.
jn066@yahoo.com wrote:
> Would you hire a cab in a city without a single street map?
>
> If you do have a method of organizing your knowledge of physics,
> is it a shared method?
>
> 1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,
> the tree of life in biology, chemistry's periodic table of elements
or
> any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of
> references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation,
> science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such
a
> common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.
>
> 2. I dare anyone, after examination, to declare that the technique
> which I have stumbled upon is not the most logical, most pertinent,
> the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.
>
> 3. I challenge everyone to seek the limits of the potential in this
> meta-language tool: My work is public domain.
>
> John Aikman
> The Outlaw Map of Physics
>
> http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com
whopkins@csd.uwm.edu
Apr6-05, 03:23 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>vonnyn@hotmail.com wrote:\n> I\'m afraid if you want to declare this map to be \'the most logical,\n> most pertinent, the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics\n> that exists\' you are going to have to explain what it means, how it\nis\n> used, and what it is exactly that can be done *with* this map that\n> couldn\'t be done *without* it.\n\nSince your question could have equally well been applied\nindiscriminately to ANY classification venture (e.g. Dewey, LC) that\nalready exists and is in wide usage without anything in your reply\nindicating what\'s different about these vs. who you\'re replying to --\nthen there\'s clearly something wrong with your question and the frame\nof mind that\'s led to it. In the process of casting a net over this\nperson, you\'re also casting a net over everything else that is in\ncommon use.\n\nThe Official Ruling: you\'re out of bounds.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>vonnyn@hotmail.com wrote:
> I'm afraid if you want to declare this map to be 'the most logical,
> most pertinent, the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics
> that exists' you are going to have to explain what it means, how it
is
> used, and what it is exactly that can be done *with* this map that
> couldn't be done *without* it.
Since your question could have equally well been applied
indiscriminately to ANY classification venture (e.g. Dewey, LC) that
already exists and is in wide usage without anything in your reply
indicating what's different about these vs. who you're replying to --
then there's clearly something wrong with your question and the frame
of mind that's led to it. In the process of casting a net over this
person, you're also casting a net over everything else that is in
common use.
The Official Ruling: you're out of bounds.
J. J. Lodder
Apr8-05, 02:22 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE><grnjn066@yahoo.com> wrote:\n\n> 1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,\n> the tree of life in biology, chemistry\'s periodic table of elements or\n> any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of\n> references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation,\n> science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such a\n> common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.\n\nIt seems to me your effort is fundamentally mistaken:\nthere is no \'core of units of measurement\' to physics.\n\nOn the contrary, whatever is of physical relevance\nmust be independent of the details of all systems of units\nthat might be used for its description,\n\nJan\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky><grnjn066@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,
> the tree of life in biology, chemistry's periodic table of elements or
> any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of
> references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation,
> science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such a
> common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.
It seems to me your effort is fundamentally mistaken:
there is no 'core of units of measurement' to physics.
On the contrary, whatever is of physical relevance
must be independent of the details of all systems of units
that might be used for its description,
Jan
grnjn066
Apr14-05, 11:14 AM
> 1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,
> the tree of life in biology, chemistry's periodic table of elements or
> any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of
> references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation
> science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such a
> common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.
> 2. I dare anyone, after examination, to declare that the technique
> which I have stumbled upon is not the most logical, most pertinent,
> the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.
> 3. I challenge everyone to seek the limits of the potential in this
> meta-language tool: My work is public domain.
I throw down a gauntlet and stand by it, saying "I dare anyone"
in open letter and open forum because years of correspondence and
travel have proven that, whatever the nature of the proposal, the
prospects for publication or fair consideration by professionals
toward one that is unaffiliated and unfamiliar is in short supply
even when the material has been packaged in whatever collection
of conventions that particular authority feels to be proper. When
the work being offered includes the contention that the forms of
numerical expression, formats of the language, and the mismatch of
such conventions to the mediums of communication can themselves be
impediments to understanding and communication, the difficulties
are even greater and hence I make my announcement a challenge.
Even to those who claim objective examination of material within
a day of its notification, to those using the word scholarship while
they recommend a site already listed for comparison in references,
(278: Nave, C R, "HyperPhysics", copyright 2000 C R Nave, ...
... at http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html) ,
or to those who really have no room for accusing others of vanity,
> (Toxic URL! .....
it must be admitted that notification in this forum of new material
is tacit solicitation of all opinions, be they hasty, ill-informed,
or just plain childish.
So, then, for claims of "...factual relationships that do not
matter..." or "...fictional relationships and numerololgy...", and
complaints about quantity coincidences in outmoded unit systems,
let it be known that in the GDA material it will be made more
difficult for hasty casual perusers to get hung up in subsidiary,
interim-example maps and thus find an excuse to avoid the actual
substance of the discussion being offered.
For those who DO wish to address such substance, namely the maps
and value listings proposed from within the CURRENT system of units
which IS the modern, officially adopted standard, that system is
called the International System of Units, or SI, and knowledge of
it can be acquired from the appendix of the website
(http://www.motionmountain.net/) ,
OR from a number of GDA references, including the physics laboratory
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
http://physics.nist.gov .
Also visible at this site are the current, officially adopted
numerical values of fundamental physical constants which are plugged
in to one GDA mapping configuration as "numbers do not lie" proof of
the technique, and, while there, one can explore the shortcomings of
the most comparable diagram published by the government authorities.
If one looks.
To serious investigators who WILL examine the evidence and decide
for themselves if the words "most logical" and "most elegant" are
used for good reason, here is some of the basis for comparison with
any other candidate for the best map of physics:
The general approach entitled Geometrical Dimensional Analysis
with the specific format portrayed in the single all-in-one
rendition labeled "The Outlaw Map of Physics" is not only the
visible projection of the quantity calculus: concept, factor, and
units system maps allowing fundamental physical constants to be
inserted in their respective locations to form periodic tables of
physical law, it is the combination into one structured format of
the formulas used around the world every day for defining and
relating those concepts to be associated with locations on that map.
Since every statement of relationship represented in the strucure as
a translation is no less true for where it is located or how it
might be oriented, the combination can ONLY "...add to contemporary
knowledge and process" : multi-dimensional use of existing
mathematical language to form lattices of logic as meta-formulas.
Translation between two locations correlates to the mathematical
relationship between the concepts associated with those locations,
any concept can be seen as all the formulation paths to it from
every other concept, and every closed path corresponds to a
multiplication by one: discern every dimensionless constant which
can be obtained within that structure.
It is also true that the technique is embodiment of de Boer's
assertion that a system of units can be treated as a vector space,
(027: de Boer, J, "On the History of Quantity Calculus & the
International System", Metrologia, 1994/1995, pp 405-429) ,
not only meaning that a vector space transformation can be applied
so that the most desirable projection of the same collection of
concepts and relationships can be obtained by proper choice of new
unit vectors from among the derived ones, it also means that vector
space multiplication of two such meta-formulas can take place:
whole new arrays of formula derivation accomplished all at once:
the process spoken of as compound equations, but now as the
multiplication of whole vistas of equations to produce a new vista.
As numerical values are inserted and logic impels them to be
expressed as powers of ten in order to be consistent with the
units of measure values,
(http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com/GJN011A.HTM) ,
it is more evident that the format is also the expansion into many
dimensions of Gunter's Logarithmic Line of Numbers, that
linearization onto a single scale of one of the log tables produced
by Briggs in columns and rows and which some consider the precursor
to the double scales of the slide rule. The abstract universe of
values from which a particular problem solution is plucked is thus
made visible as a whole and the patterns of change are available for
examination: every line can be correlated to an indefinitely long
slide rule scale and all equal numerical values reside in a plane.
With the need, then, for a table of values as common logs and the
consequential choice of ordering it to be that of absolute value, one
is drawn into the argument over expression of all numerical values as
common logs because they are more compact and are easier to remember,
because they show reciprocal relationships using a repositioning of
numerals instead of by using different numerals, and because the
multiple-step-procedure, double-context use of scientific notation
was created for those outdated devices, log tables and slide rules.
As use brings increasing familiarity, the independent intrinsic
worth of a table of the fundamental constants ordered in such a way
becomes more obvious, and justification is provided for the phrase
"a dictionary for the vocabulary of nature".
In addition to all else the material entails, those who have had
occasion to delve further into dimensional analysis and metrology
than the scant attention it is paid in most physics courses should
become aware that here, many decades later, is reassessment, in more
elaborate incarnations, of the Birge-Bond diagram, the isometric
consistensy chart, and other graphical alternatives to the
statistically based least-squares method of fundamental constant
adjustment. With the visual presentation and calculation devices
of today, "...blind mathematical process of averaging..." can be
much more powerfully assisted by making "...all possible reliable
data separately visible..." as was contended by some even back then.
(152: Dumond, Jesse W M, "Our Present Dilemma Regarding the Natural
Constants e, m, & h: A new Graphical Method of Presentation",
Physical Review, vol 56, July 15, 1939, p 153) .
For those that might recognize importance in the hypotheses but
disapprove of my presentations of them, I offer blank templates and
have placed all the work in the public domain: show me how it ought
to be done, show us all what this stuff can do.
Finally, as just one example from among the many to be found by
"count the dots and draw the inference", I offer for verification
and contemplation the following:
The ratio of the atomic unit of mass to the atomic unit of time
is equal to the product of the atomic unit of charge and the atomic
unit of magnetic flux density.
John Aikman
Geometrical Dimensional Analysis
The Outlaw Map of Physics
http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com
grnjn066
Apr19-05, 03:02 PM
> 1. I dare anyone in the world who has used the timeline of history,
> the tree of life in biology, chemistry's periodic table of elements or
> any street map to objectively examine my material, my hundreds of
> references, any other work, and then to declare that the foundation
> science with the units of measurement at its core has no need of such a
> common ground visual aid, memory aid, and calculation device.
> 2. I dare anyone, after examination, to declare that the technique
> which I have stumbled upon is not the most logical, most pertinent,
> the most elegant approach for the mapping of physics that exists.
> 3. I challenge everyone to seek the limits of the potential in this
> meta-language tool: My work is public domain.
I throw down a gauntlet and stand by it, saying "I dare anyone"
in open letter and open forum because years of correspondence and
travel have proven that, whatever the nature of the proposal, the
prospects for publication or fair consideration by professionals
toward one that is unaffiliated and unfamiliar is in short supply
even when the material has been packaged in whatever collection
of conventions that particular authority feels to be proper. When
the work being offered includes the contention that the forms of
numerical expression, formats of the language, and the mismatch of
such conventions to the mediums of communication can themselves be
impediments to understanding and communication, the difficulties
are even greater and hence I make my announcement a challenge.
Even to those who claim objective examination of material within
a day of its notification, to those using the word scholarship while
they recommend a site already listed for comparison in references,
(278: Nave, C R, "HyperPhysics", copyright 2000 C R Nave, ...
... at http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html) ,
or to those who really have no room for accusing others of vanity,
> (Toxic URL! .....
it must be admitted that notification in this forum of new material
is tacit solicitation of all opinions, be they hasty, ill-informed,
or just plain childish.
So, then, for claims of "...factual relationships that do not
matter..." or "...fictional relationships and numerololgy...", and
complaints about quantity coincidences in outmoded unit systems,
let it be known that in the GDA material it will be made more
difficult for hasty casual perusers to get hung up in subsidiary,
interim-example maps and thus find an excuse to avoid the actual
substance of the discussion being offered.
For those who DO wish to address such substance, namely the maps
and value listings proposed from within the CURRENT system of units
which IS the modern, officially adopted standard, that system is
called the International System of Units, or SI, and knowledge of
it can be acquired from the appendix of the website
(http://www.motionmountain.net/) ,
OR from a number of GDA references, including the physics laboratory
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
http://physics.nist.gov .
Also visible at this site are the current, officially adopted
numerical values of fundamental physical constants which are plugged
in to one GDA mapping configuration as "numbers do not lie" proof of
the technique, and, while there, one can explore the shortcomings of
the most comparable diagram published by the government authorities.
If one looks.
To serious investigators who WILL examine the evidence and decide
for themselves if the words "most logical" and "most elegant" are
used for good reason, here is some of the basis for comparison with
any other candidate for the best map of physics:
The general approach entitled Geometrical Dimensional Analysis
with the specific format portrayed in the single all-in-one
rendition labeled "The Outlaw Map of Physics" is not only the
visible projection of the quantity calculus: concept, factor, and
units system maps allowing fundamental physical constants to be
inserted in their respective locations to form periodic tables of
physical law, it is the combination into one structured format of
the formulas used around the world every day for defining and
relating those concepts to be associated with locations on that map.
Since every statement of relationship represented in the strucure as
a translation is no less true for where it is located or how it
might be oriented, the combination can ONLY "...add to contemporary
knowledge and process" : multi-dimensional use of existing
mathematical language to form lattices of logic as meta-formulas.
Translation between two locations correlates to the mathematical
relationship between the concepts associated with those locations,
any concept can be seen as all the formulation paths to it from
every other concept, and every closed path corresponds to a
multiplication by one: discern every dimensionless constant which
can be obtained within that structure.
It is also true that the technique is embodiment of de Boer's
assertion that a system of units can be treated as a vector space,
(027: de Boer, J, "On the History of Quantity Calculus & the
International System", Metrologia, 1994/1995, pp 405-429) ,
not only meaning that a vector space transformation can be applied
so that the most desirable projection of the same collection of
concepts and relationships can be obtained by proper choice of new
unit vectors from among the derived ones, it also means that vector
space multiplication of two such meta-formulas can take place:
whole new arrays of formula derivation accomplished all at once:
the process spoken of as compound equations, but now as the
multiplication of whole vistas of equations to produce a new vista.
As numerical values are inserted and logic impels them to be
expressed as powers of ten in order to be consistent with the
units of measure values,
(http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com/GJN011A.HTM) ,
it is more evident that the format is also the expansion into many
dimensions of Gunter's Logarithmic Line of Numbers, that
linearization onto a single scale of one of the log tables produced
by Briggs in columns and rows and which some consider the precursor
to the double scales of the slide rule. The abstract universe of
values from which a particular problem solution is plucked is thus
made visible as a whole and the patterns of change are available for
examination: every line can be correlated to an indefinitely long
slide rule scale and all equal numerical values reside in a plane.
With the need, then, for a table of values as common logs and the
consequential choice of ordering it to be that of absolute value, one
is drawn into the argument over expression of all numerical values as
common logs because they are more compact and are easier to remember,
because they show reciprocal relationships using a repositioning of
numerals instead of by using different numerals, and because the
multiple-step-procedure, double-context use of scientific notation
was created for those outdated devices, log tables and slide rules.
As use brings increasing familiarity, the independent intrinsic
worth of a table of the fundamental constants ordered in such a way
becomes more obvious, and justification is provided for the phrase
"a dictionary for the vocabulary of nature".
In addition to all else the material entails, those who have had
occasion to delve further into dimensional analysis and metrology
than the scant attention it is paid in most physics courses should
become aware that here, many decades later, is reassessment, in more
elaborate incarnations, of the Birge-Bond diagram, the isometric
consistensy chart, and other graphical alternatives to the
statistically based least-squares method of fundamental constant
adjustment. With the visual presentation and calculation devices
of today, "...blind mathematical process of averaging..." can be
much more powerfully assisted by making "...all possible reliable
data separately visible..." as was contended by some even back then.
(152: Dumond, Jesse W M, "Our Present Dilemma Regarding the Natural
Constants e, m, & h: A new Graphical Method of Presentation",
Physical Review, vol 56, July 15, 1939, p 153) .
For those that might recognize importance in the hypotheses but
disapprove of my presentations of them, I offer blank templates and
have placed all the work in the public domain: show me how it ought
to be done, show us all what this stuff can do.
Finally, as just one example from among the many to be found by
"count the dots and draw the inference", I offer for verification
and contemplation the following:
The ratio of the atomic unit of mass to the atomic unit of time
is equal to the product of the atomic unit of charge and the atomic
unit of magnetic flux density.
John Aikman
Geometrical Dimensional Analysis
The Outlaw Map of Physics
http://www.outlawmapofphysics.com
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