Lawrence Dawson

Lawrence Dawson became an autodidact in the physical sciences. His post-graduate training

was disrupted by an epistemological crisis which ended his academic career. The linguistics of

Ludwig Wittgenstein had begun to replace the scientific method within the Columbia University

department of social science. Wittgenstein taught that linguistic meaning could never identify

external reality. The philosophy replaced empiricism with social consensus as the determiner of

scientific truth.

As a mathematician who specialized in scientific statistics, Lawrence became intellectually

paralyzed by the dominance of Wittgenstein. In desperation he proposed a thesis which might

overcome Wittgenstein's subjectivism with scientific objectivism. This unusual thesis was

overseen by Dr. William Goode, whose student assistant was a member of the “Wittgenstein

cult.” The thesis proposed that the scientific method was a “tool” which proved the objective

reality of dependent factors by accurately predicting change. Professor Goode did not feel he

could defend this anti-Wittgenstein thesis to other faculty members who were hostile because

of a leading role Lawrence had taken in a 1968 student rebellion. The collective faculty voted

to exclude him from the PhD program in 1970.

He retired as the editor for a small academic publisher in 2008. This allowed a full-time

concentration upon scientific interests.

A set of theoretical equations were proposed which identified a potential-energy component in

time. Potential energy in time requires two different time values exist simultaneously. Such

differentiated time separated by space would be possible if velocity were restricted and space

was composed of fundamental quanta (non-divisible units of distance). Natural observation

supported this possibility. Velocity is restricted to the speed of light. The smallest measurable

things in the universe are of the same order of magnitude, proving that nothing can be smaller

than a fundamental quantum. These smallest measurements are the diameter of the proton

and the smallest wavelength, both measured at “10^-15 meters.” A distance for this

fundamental quantum, “the alpha space,” could be made using a formula developed for a standing wave which was applied to the electron orbitals. Alpha was calculated as “0.50124x10^-15 meters.”

Mathematical extension of these discoveries led to four dimensional quantum geometry. The new geometry provided to a more understandable Periodic Table of Elements and a clearer

model of the atom. Quantum geometry also suggested a set of experiments which revealed unrecognized nuclear processes. Negative radiation and the capacitance field of the atom were successfully empirically identified by the Snake River N-Radiation Lab.