Purpose, Who, When, Where, Goals

Introduction: Chronology

1977: I read Isaac Asimov's "The Collapsing Universe" The story of Black Holes. This book described how stars can become so large that gravity would collapse them into black holes. My first impression was that matter could not collapse to an infinitely small point -- which is the essence of Black Hole theory. I still believe that, and it is a key part of this website.

1979: I first learned about Relativity in my High School Physics class. I immediately raised my hand and and told my instructor that it had to be wrong. My instructor challenged me to prove it. While Relativity is a mathematical trick that works, I later proved why Relativity is illogical. It is an extremely simple argument. Physics uses Basic Units. Basic Units are defined as constant. Time is a Basic Unit. Length is a Basic Unit. Mass is a Basic Unit. Velocity is derived and defined from the original definitions of Length and Time. Relativity defines Time to be a function of Velocity -- in essence redefining Time. Relativity defines Length to be a function of Velocity. Relativity defines Mass to be a function of Velocity. If this just made your head spin, it is for good reason. From a logic point of view, there are two obvious things wrong with this:

1. This is a circular definition. (Time is defined. Velocity is derived. Velocity derives its meaning from Time. Then, with Relativity, Time derives its meaning from Velocity.)
2. It can be formed into a rediculously simple "reducto ad absurdum" argument -- which is not good for Relativity. (Time is a constant. Time is a variable.)

1979: Graduated from High School.

About 1979: Read Relativity The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein. I realized there was geometrical trick in the equations but could night quite figure it out. I thought about it constantly.

About 1979: Started modeling 3 dimensional spherical waves of electric, magnetic, and gravitational waves.

1979: Started a subscription to Fusion, The Frontier of Science and Energy. This was a very right-wing magazine. I am conservative, Republican, but do not adhere to the extreme right-wing views expressed in that old magazine. I just wanted to learn more about fusion because I thought I could help solve the fusion problem.

1980: Started college at the University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology.

March 23, 1981: I had the key insight that geometrically explained the difference between the Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity and what became the Speed-of-Light Definition of Time. It literally was like a light bulb going off!

About 1982: I read The Art of Scientific Investigation by W.I.B. Beveridge, and Philosophy and the New Physics by Jonathan Powers. These two books gave me key insights into how relativity was created and how new physics is created.

1984: Started to use Apple Macintosh computers for creating my text and graphics.

1985: Published What is time? (Out-of-Print)

1980's: Worked on my Grand Unification Theory, The Ball-of-Light Particle Model and my nuclear fusion reactor designs.

1987: Started submitting journal papers to Physical Review. All submissions were rejected.

1995: Published The solution to the question, "What is time?"

1997: Started www.grandunification.com.

8/31/1998: My first 3-hour interview with the famous radio talk-show host, Art Bell.

Summer 1999: Developed a new way to predict solar activity and earthquake risk.

11/1999: Sent in a preliminary patent application for my new type of nuclear fusion reactor.

11/16/1999: My second 3-hour interview with Art Bell.

Fall 2000: Submitted my the completed patent application for my fusion reactor.

2001: Almost 100 percent of the approximately 21,436 people who died from earthquakes in 2001, died during my Earthquake Watches.