"Back to Newton" by Robert Hengstebeck

BACK TO NEWTON
by R. J. Hengstebeck

Are you aware that the principle of conservation of momentum conflicts with the principle of conservation of energy?

An example: an object moving on a frictionless surface latches onto one of equal mass and pulls it forward. If the principle of conservation of momentum holds, half of the energy that the initially moving object had disappears into oblivion.

"Back to Newton " points out a number of such contradictions in the generally held theories of physics, and it proposes alternative theories that eliminate the contradictions. The book also provides an explanation for the observations that provoked the question, "How can a particle pass through both slits in an interference-demonstration screen?" and it clears up the confusion attendant on the usual presentations of the concepts of "momentum" and "kinetic energy." The elimination of contradictions should make the mastering of the science of physics substantially easier than it now is. Because some of the challenged theories are carried over into chemistry, a similar observation applies to that science also.

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