The Equivalence of Elementary Particle Theories and Computer Languages: Quantum Computers, Turing Machines, Standard Model, Superstring Theory, and a Proof that Godel's Theorem Implies Nature Must Be Quantum - Softcover

Blaha, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974695823 ISBN 13: 9780974695822

Publisher: Pingree-Hill Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

This breakthrough book establishes deep connections between elementary particle theories such as the Standard Model and Superstring theories, and computer languages such as Assembly language, C, and C++ suitably extended. It also proves, for the first time, that the universe must be quantum in nature based on Godel¿s celebrated theorem (that there are statements in any non-trivial mathematical deductive system that cannot be proved or disproved.) Therefore all attempts at building a deterministic fundamental theory of physics (such as Bohm¿s theory) are unacceptable.

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This book has been superceded by a new edition: "The Metatheory of Physics Theories ..." The new edition has a comprehensive treatment of Goedel numbers in relation to fundamental physics theories as well as Goedel's Theorem. The book is available on Amazon.

About the Author

Stephen Blaha is an internationally known physicist with interests in Science, the Arts, and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Rockefeller University (NY). He has written a highly regarded book on physics, consciousness and philosophy – Cosmos and Consciousness, a book on Science and Religion entitled The Reluctant Prophets, a book applying physics concepts to the history of civilizations, and books on Java and C++ programming. He developed a mathematical theory of civilizations that is described in The Life Cycle of Civilizations. Recently he completed a major new study of Cosmology: Quantum Big Bang Cosmology: Complex Space-time General Relativity, Quantum Coordinates, Dodecahedral Universe, Inflation, and New Spin 0, ½, 1 & 2 Tachyons & Imagyons. He has served on the faculties of several major universities. He was an Associate of the Harvard University Physics Faculty for twenty years (1983-2003). He was also a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, a member of management at the Boston Globe Newspaper, a Director of Wang Laboratories, and President of Blaha Software Inc and Janus Associates Inc. (NH). Dr. Blaha is noted for contributions to elementary particle theory, mathematics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Computer Science.

Among other achievements he was a co-discoverer of the "r potential" for heavy quark finding developing the first (and still the only demonstrable) non-abelian gauge theory with an "r" potential (1974); first suggested the existence of topological structures in superfluid He-3 (1975); first proposed Yang-Mills-like theories would appear in condensed matter phenomena with non-scalar order parameters (1977); first developed a grammar-based formalism for quantum computers and applied it to elementary particle theories (2000); first developed a new form of quantum field theory without divergences thus solving a major 60 year old problem and enabling a unified theory of the Standard Model and Quantum Gravity without divergences to be developed (2003); first developed a formulation of complex General Relativity based on analytic continuation from real space-time (2004); first developed a generalized non-homogeneous Robertson-Walker metric that enabled a quantum theory of the Big Bang to be developed without singularities at t = 0 (2004); first generalized Cauchy’s theorem and Gauss’ theorem to complex curved multi-dimensional spaces (2004); first developed a physically acceptable theory of faster-than-light particles – tachyons – of any spin (2004); first showed a universe with three complex spatial dimensions has an icosahedral symmetry (2004); first developed the method of the composition of extrema in the Calculus of Variations; first suggested that inflationary periods in the history of the universe were not needed (2004); first proved that Godel's Theorem implied Nature must be quantum (2005), and first developed a quantitative harmonic oscillator-like model of the life cycle, and interactions, of civilizations (2002). Blaha was also a pioneer in the development of UNIX for financial and scientific applications, database benchmarking, and networking (1982); in the development of Desktop Publishing (1985); in the use of C on PC's (1983), and developed a hybrid shell programming technique (1982) that was a precursor to the PERL programming language. He received Honorable Mention in the Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition in 1978, and was nominated for three "Awards for Technical Excellence" in 1987 by PC Magazine for PC software products that he designed and developed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pingree-Hill Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0974695823
• ISBN 13: 9780974695822
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 164