John Nordberg's Bio

John Nordberg photo John Thomas Nordberg

Major Physics Achievements:

Self-taught theoretical physicist
Author of: What is time? (No longer for sale.) and The solution to the question, "What is time?"
Creator of the first working grand unification theory for physics -- the Ball-of-Light Particle Model -- a theory that integrates all known forces of nature, including gravity.

Brief explanation of his physics:

Ask a physicist, "What is time?" The physicist will answer, "We don't know!" I do. Time is a motion. It is a specific, constant quantity of motion that we use to measure all other motions. Just as people use a standard length ruler to measure all other lengths, people use a standard motion to measure all other motions. The motion people have been using to measure other motions, the motion people have been calling, "time" is apparent motion of the sun -- for an earthbound observer -- as it crosses the sky. The sun's apparent motion has been what people have been calling, "time."

There is a problem with using the sun's motion as our standard of motion however. If you move a traditional clock, or any other timepiece that uses traditional units of time such as "seconds," then the clock will develop an error. That is why Albert Einstein created Relativity, to correct for the error of using a traditional clock that was based upon the sun's motion. This error would not occur, and Relativity would not be needed, if time were to be redefined to be the fastest known motion. In other words, society in general, and science in particular, needs to formally redefine time to be the fastest known motion. Of course, the fastest known motion is presently called the speed of light. Thus, what we now call, "the speed of light" should instead be called "time."

There are many, many dramatic implications to defining time to be the speed of light. From the average persons point-of-view not much would change except the beginning of a new year would occur for the whole planet in the time it takes light to sweep over the planet, rather in the time it takes the sun to sweep over the planet -- in other words in about .02 seconds rather than over the course of a day. From a physics point of view, the Speed-of-Light Definition of Time allows the unification of all major areas of physics into one simple equation. The easiest way to visualize this equation is how it describes elementary particles -- as balls-of-light. Thus, I call this grand unification theory the Ball-of-Light Particle Model. The practical applications of this grand unification in physics and astrophysics are immense. One application will be practical generation of unlimited electrical energy using fusion.

I believe, understanding these two new critical concepts in physics:

that the best way to measure motions is as fractions of the fastest known motion
and that single particles of matter are best described as waves of light -- electric, magnetic and gravitational fields -- spinning around themselves in a spherical fashion

will lead to the biggest revolution in the history of physics.

Birth date:

6/24/61 -- 42 years old

Family

Married, 3 children

John's Father:

Dr. Ken Nordberg
Very well-known author and authority on whitetail deer, and deer hunting. Author of the series, Whitetail Hunter's Almanac.

Residence:

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Mailing Address:

John T. Nordberg
C/O FUGIO
Post Office Box 44758
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-2458

Education:

University of Minnesota -- Institute of Technology (1979-1987)

Degree:

Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Occupation:

Owner of Nordberg Consulting -- a Macintosh Computer Consulting and Training business. Has trained close to 10,000 people how to use Apple Macintosh computers. All of his work -- including publishing, animation and Web design -- is done on the Macintosh platform.

Goals:

To have the scientific community adopt the Speed-of-Light Definition of time.
To have society adopt the Speed-of-Light Definition of Time before by 1999 so that on midnight 1999 the whole world will celebrate the year 2000 in the time it takes light to sweep over earth rather than over the course of a day.
To have the scientific community study the Ball of Light Particle Model.
To develop an earthquake risk warning system for the world.
To win a Nobel Physics prize.
To start a science scholarship foundation for financially underprivileged youths.
To travel into space
To help the public become aware of the dangers to earth from space -- e.g., instability of our sun, the danger of asteroids or comets hitting earth, the danger to earth of a large object hitting sun and wiping out earth with an extremely large solar mass ejection, and the poisoning of earth from overpopulation.
To help the public understand the need for more scientific funding and research into these critical areas that will help in the survival of the human race: six more SOHO-type satellites so the sun can be observed from all directions at the same time (3 in planetary orbits, 1 above and 1 below the sun, 1 for an emergency backup) to act as early warning system in event of solar explosions; the continued funding of the current Hubble Space Telescope; a minimum of two more larger Hubble Space Telescope-like satellites to more rapidly advance our astronomical knowledge; approximately 10 small automated asteroid search and tracking satellites; a system for destroying or deflecting asteroids that might hit earth or the sun; a group of satellites for creating a barrier between the sun and earth in the event of a very large solar mass ejection; and one large or two medium lunar space station(s) capable of supporting at least hundreds of people for years at a time.