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There
are two important theories in classical physics, which have not been
properly developed to their logical and mathematical conclusion. They are
the Faraday-Maxwell theory of electromagnetic induction and Newton's
theory of gravitation. Electromagnetic induction is one of the most
important physical phenomena. Any misinterpretation or misrepresentation
of this phenomenon may weaken the entire electromagnetic theory and may
have undesirable practical consequences.
But why would one discuss electromagnetic
induction and gravitation in the same book? What is the connection between
the two theories? As far as I know, there is no direct connection. But, as
I have found, and as the readers will see, there is a very strong indirect
one. First, neither electromagnetic induction as it is now understood, nor
Newtonian gravitation is compatible with the principle of causality.
Second, Newtonian gravitation is also incompatible with the law of
conservation of momentum. When Newton's gravitational law is modofied to
satisfy the conservation of momentum, two gravitational equations, similar
to Maxwell's curl equations of electromagnetic theory (which are
customarily interpreted as representing the phenomenon of electromagnetic
induction), are obtained. And when the electromagnetic and gravitational
curl equations are transformed into equations compatible with the
principle of causality, the resulting electromagnetic and gravitational
equations turn out to be almost identical.
[taken
from the Preface of the book.]
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