johanfprins wrote:rcain wrote: with respect, i suggest therein lies a large part of your problem: you are told your books will not sell/papers will not stand, by people in that business, and you consider their reasons 'foolish'. for 7 years.
Yes I have the proof. Furthermore I have by hook and crook two manuscripts on ArXive for quite a few years already. And I have submitted papers to various journals which were rejected without any valid physics-arguments as to why I am wrong. The only arguments I got is that the BCS model has withstood the test of time and "therefore we do not need another model". Similar to "Ptolemy's model has withstood the test of time and therefore we do not have to consider even the possibilty that the earth is moving".
Importantly however, the BCS model had originally at least 3 people behind it, 5 if you include the London bros., you it seems have so far one adherent, yourself. And they are possibly right, perhaps many other 'theories' exist/can be deamed up - Bogolyubov for a start - but you are in the position of having to do two things - 1) overturn extablished 'praxis', 2) replace it with your own 'theory', in what is now a highly competitive field.
If i understand you position correctly (and please correct me if i'm wrong), your central current proposition is represented by:
1) you have repeatable experimental evidence (2002-2003) of 'novel' superconducting phase in diamond-vacuum interfaces -
http://iopscience.iop.org/0268-1242/18/3/319 or
http://rtn.elektronika.lt/mi/0304/2prins.pdf
2) you have the basis for a more general, descriptive and quanttitative theory of what is happenning (explaining conductivity/supercondicivity in general) -
http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0607/0607227.pdf
- and thank you for making these documents publically available.
is this correct, in a nutshell?
who are the people currently working in these fields, (nearest)?
johanfprins wrote:
i begin to suspect you consider making a profit on your 'books' more important than contributing to science.
This is a malicious statement. I am NOT a Mark McCutcheon, who does not even understand how a siphon works. If after seven years I could not get anything published in so called "peer-reviewed" journals and my manuscripts on ArXive are ignored, I am supposed NOT to print books; or if I do I am supposed not to cover my costs! REALLY!!
yes. it was a malicious statement. but also true, as a statement of perception at least.
you are not Mark McCutcheon, because you do not make as much mony out of your books as he does. he is more successful than you in that regard. (... possibly. i have no idea who Mark McCutcheon actually is and i fel certain that i will never read any of his books now you have mentioned him).
as to covering your costs, the last time i checked, it cost precisely nothing to copy a file, or make it available on the web. similarly a modest calorific intake is all thats required for thinking and writing, and since you have to continue to breath anyway, might as well throw those in for free.
of couse if, or dare we suppose 'when', you receive the Nobel prize, the book signing deals are going to be no problem, beleive me. your book business will run itself. it's in the bag. but first, the 'legitimation' or 'habilitation' of your scienctific claims, surely.
please, i have nothing against you or your books or your book business. just to tell you i shall not be buying one anytime soon. there is simply too much (free) information to get through as it is, and i no longer read for pleasure and am probably shorter of cash than you are. but, hey, maybe that will all change.
johanfprins wrote:
you see, it doesn't come across too well. what is more important - your {sic} online book business, or your science?
What else must I do when my science is consistently blocked by the "physics-church" for frivolous and stupid reasons? By writing a book I am getting the truth out, but I cannot do this for free on my pension income. So what is wrong to ask money for a book on which I have worked myself to death for two years. The book sales can NEVER repay the money I could have earned by teaching at a University; which I could have rather done.
If you can prove any of the physics in my book wrong, I will refund you! But PLEASE do not be so narrowminded as the likes of Brian Josephson, Frank Wilczek, Gerahardus 'tHooft and similar clowns; who think that they understand physics.
there you go again.
my science is consistently blocked by the "physics-church" for frivolous and stupid reasons
- 'your' science? a consipracy? 'frivolous' and 'stupid' 'reasons' of others? - this vocabulary is not really helping anyone, least of all your own cause, and certainly not any cause of science. it is a historical observation we make on a state of (current) affairs, and that we probably pretty much all agree on. it is not news, in itself. nor ir it 'your' science, and nor are all (or indeed many) established scientists 'stuipid' or 'frivolous'. you know this.
By writing a book I am getting the truth out, but I cannot do this for free on my pension income.
- no. by writting a book you are transcribing it from your head on to paper (or silicon, whatever); by 'getting the truth out' you are talking about publication, ie. (widespread) availability to an audience. whether ot not it is the 'truth' you are getting out, or just what you and you alone are claiming is the truth, is a whole different matter also. as to supplimenting your pension income, if that were important, then as you say, you would have taken up the lecture rostrum again. from your evident enthusiasm i'm sure that wouldnt have stopped you writting..
If you can prove any of the physics in my book wrong, I will refund you! ...
- wrong on so many levels. but i may take you up on your kind offer once you have the Nobel safely on your mantlepiece.
As to these other gentlemen you mention, well i suppose i should feel perversely complimented, but whether they can be accurately described as narrow minded is at best, debatable; personaly, i dont think i know enough to be narrow minded about many things, so your entreaty may not be lost, for that reason.
johanfprins wrote:
surely it is your duty then, to steer them in the right direction, if as you claim yours is the right direction, it shouldnt be so hard to gain some support along the way, no?
This is exactly what I am trying to do by using the only avenue still open to me.
well, seems to me you may be shooting yourself in the foot somewhat. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - to be seen, recognised, accepted and promulgated. Your credibility is all, and you jeopardise that by by promoting yourself, your plight, or your interests, over the 'substance' of your work.
johanfprins wrote:
but no one is going to support you if they know nothing of your work, and they certainly wont be inclined to buy anything from you if you cant even sell your basic concepts on the back of your nodoubt reputable professional credentials.
I am sure that I have a better citation index than you have; and if you cannot find my two original papers in Semiconductor Science and Technology of 2003 in which I prove for the first time EVER that charges can be transferred without an electric field being present, and if you could not trace my ArXive papers, then it is clear to me that I must ignore your unfounded criticisms.
i am sure you have. i am sure that your's is much longer than mine. i hope that thought makes you happy.
it should, because your 'following' or lack of it, is what this is all about, yes?
seriously, i would be more that happy to do whatever is within my meagre powers to help promote your findings, applications, theories, who knows. but please dont make it more difficult than it need be, which is difficult enough.
As to 'PROOF', that is a strong word. something about 'consensus'.
and as to 'EVER' - does that include 'since', or 'about to'? again my question, who currently is publishing peer reviewed stuff in your fields. (please dont make me look it up). aren't they a better potential vector for for admission into 'the-church' establishment?
It woud help if you could link those papers (again) - thanks.
But I go back to my opeining question: components of your propositon - experimental and theoritcal parts - please could you confirm, correct or elaborate on the definitive version?
johanfprins wrote:
'get it out there' is my advice - at least then you wont be kicking yourself quite so hard when someone else eventualy beats you to a proof.
It IS out there! Why can you not find it? I have directed people to this an numerous forums like PolyWell and you tell me "get it out there!" Are you a joker?
Ah, to be a successful joker. alas not. but then again it is not that important to me whether i am perceived as one or not. It is by your own admission, desparately important for you, and if what you say is true, critically important for science, that you are taken seriously.
Perhaps i have been a little 'hyper-critcal' of your presentation. I am sorry i dont wish to cause any personal offence, but experience has taught most of us to apply high levels of skepticism and indeed cynisism, universally. you have a lot to cut through.
And i am very glad to see you here, by the way, honouring both our pages, and our discussions.
i am also very interested to learn more about your experimental work and your theories. am i right in citing the links above as good places to start?
(apologies if i have mised something else earlier in this long thread)
and please could you summarise your present aims?
as i understand it, you are seeking what, further experimental remits/funding plus possible applications development contracts, and/or a wider audience/recognition for/verification of your theoretical model (recognising that this means a complete overhaull of an established scientific/descriptive platform)?
respectfully, yours, &c.