Introduction | p. 1 |
History and Philosophy of the Quantum Theory | p. 2 |
Blackbody Radiation | p. 2 |
Photoelectric Effect | p. 3 |
Compton Effect | p. 4 |
Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Atom | p. 4 |
The Seminal Experiment: Electron Diffraction | p. 6 |
Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics | p. 9 |
History and Philosophy of Theories of Gravity Leading to the Theory of General Relativity | p. 11 |
Newton's Third Law of Motion | p. 15 |
Predictions of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity | p. 18 |
A Quantum Theory of Gravity | p. 21 |
The Theory of General Relativity: Einstein's Formulation | p. 25 |
The Spacetime Language | p. 26 |
On Invariance of the Speed of Light | p. 27 |
The Riemannian Metric | p. 28 |
Expression of Einstein's Field Equations | p. 30 |
Einstein's Equations from the Variational Principle | p. 31 |
The Vacuum Equation | p. 34 |
The Geodesic Equation | p. 36 |
The Schwarzschild Solution and the Newtonian Limit | p. 39 |
A Unified Field Theory | p. 43 |
Einstein's Field Theory in Quaternion Form | p. 44 |
Spin Affine Connection | p. 47 |
The Quaternion Variables in a Riemannian Spacetime | p. 48 |
Derivation of the Quaternion Metrical Field Equations from the Principle of Least Action | p. 50 |
A Symmetric Tensor-Antisymmetric Tensor Representation of General Relativity | p. 53 |
Einstein's Field Equation from the Symmetric Tensor Part | p. 54 |
The Maxwell Field Equations from the Antisymmetric Part | p. 55 |
The Geodesic Equation in Quaternion Form | p. 58 |
Summary | p. 61 |
Quantum Mechanics from a Theory of Inertial Mass in Relativity | p. 63 |
Introduction | p. 64 |
Discovery of Quantum Mechanics | p. 67 |
Inertial Mass from General Relativity | p. 71 |
The Matter Field Equations in General Relativity | p. 73 |
Gauge Covariance | p. 73 |
The Elementary Interaction | p. 75 |
Proof of the Attractive Gravitational Force in the Newtonian Limit and the Oscillating Universe Cosmology | p. 76 |
From the Mach Principle to the Generalized Mach Principle | p. 77 |
Electromagnetism | p. 79 |
Introduction | p. 80 |
Interpretation of Maxwell's Equations in the Holistic Field Theory | p. 83 |
The Elementary Interaction Formulation | p. 84 |
A Spinor Formulation of Electromagnetic Theory in Special Relativity | p. 85 |
Invariants and Conservation Equations in the Spinor Formalism | p. 86 |
Lagrangian for the Spinor Formulation of Electromagnetism | p. 88 |
Faraday's Approach and the Mach Principle | p. 90 |
Spinor Formulation of Electromagnetism in General Relativity | p. 90 |
Extension of the Spinor Conservation Laws of Electromagnetism in General Relativity | p. 91 |
The Electromagnetic Interaction Functional in the Matter Field Equations | p. 94 |
Delayed Action at a Distance | p. 95 |
The Pauli Principle and Pair Creation/Annihilation | p. 97 |
Introduction | p. 98 |
The Individual Particle Model | p. 100 |
The Free Field Limit | p. 100 |
Conservation of Interaction | p. 101 |
The Pauli Exclusion Principle | p. 103 |
Sufficiency of the Three Conditions for Proof of the Pauli Principle | p. 108 |
Fermi-Dirac Statistics from the Nonrelativistic Approximation for ¿ | p. 110 |
Bound Particle-Antiparticle Pairs. Ground State | p. 111 |
Energy and Momentum of the Bound Pair in its Ground State | p. 113 |
Dynamical Properties of the Pair in its Ground State | p. 114 |
Pair Creation, the Physical Vacuum, and Blackbody Radiation | p. 117 |
Atomic and Elementary Particle Physics | p. 121 |
Introduction | p. 122 |
Hydrogen | p. 124 |
Linearization of the Hydrogen Field Equation | p. 124 |
The Lamb Splitting | p. 127 |
The Neutron | p. 130 |
Binding Energy of the Neutron: A Phenomenological Determination | p. 131 |
The Neutron Lifetime | p. 132 |
The Neutron Magnetic Moment | p. 134 |
Mass Doublets: The Electron-Muon | p. 135 |
Infinite Lepton Spectrum | p. 136 |
The Pion | p. 138 |
Ratio of Neutral and Charged Pion Masses | p. 139 |
Ratio of Neutral and Charged Pion Lifetimes | p. 140 |
CP Violation in Neutral Kaon Decay | p. 141 |
Charge Quantization in General Relativity | p. 143 |
Astrophysics and Cosmology in General Relativity | p. 147 |
Introduction | p. 148 |
Principle of Equivalence | p. 150 |
The Quaternion Geodesic for a Stationary Orbit | p. 152 |
Planetary Motion | p. 153 |
The Schwarzschild Problem | p. 155 |
The Radial Solution and Perihelion Precession | p. 158 |
The Hubble Law and Cosmology | p. 159 |
The Oscillating Universe Cosmology | p. 160 |
Dynamics of the Expansion and Contraction of the Universe | p. 161 |
Spiral Structure of the Universe | p. 163 |
Black Holes and Pulsars | p. 166 |
Possible Model of a Pulsar | p. 168 |
Damped Oscillatory Motion and Pulsars | p. 170 |
Separation of Matter and Antimatter in the Early Universe | p. 171 |
Bibliography | p. 175 |
Index | p. 189 |
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