Martin Kokus

Martin Kokus
Martin Kokus
Born	May 16, 1950
Residence	Union City, PA, United States
Nationality	USA
Known for	Gravity, Cosmology, Fundamental Particles
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics, Geophysics, Cosmology

Martin Kokus (born May 16, 1950) is an American physicist and independent researcher whose work spans gravitation, earth physics and cosmology. He is known for arguing that astronomical redshift quantization and earth expansion are complementary phenomena, and for studies of solar, lunar and planetary periodicities in earthquakes and volcanism. Kokus has been a longtime participant in the Natural Philosophy Alliance and in the New Concepts in Global Tectonics research community.

Biography

Kokus was trained in gravitation and earth physics. Beginning in 1986, at the age of 36, he undertook a serious study of periodicities in earthquakes and increasingly questioned mainstream scientific consensus. Over the following fourteen years he came to reject a number of established theories and to view academic science with skepticism, following the observational data wherever it appeared to him to lead.

By 1996 he believed he had assembled the basis of a grand unified theory. He obtained an invitation to a conference of astronomers and physicists at the University of Arizona, where he presented his ideas. He later recounted that his approach combined theories unfamiliar to that audience in order to explain phenomena they regarded as established, an experience that reinforced his sense of standing outside conventional academic physics.

Education

B.S. Physics, University of Pittsburgh, 1971. Minors in mathematics and education.
Pennsylvania Secondary Instructional I Teaching Certificate in physics, 1973.
M.S. Engineering Physics, University of Virginia, 1975; minor in environmental science.
Advanced study, University of Denver, economics and mathematics (40 graduate quarter hours in economics). University of Colorado, earth physics, gravitation and particle physics.

Scientific contributions

Kokus's research centers on the proposition that several unconventional observations in astronomy and geophysics can be unified within a single framework. He has argued that quantized redshifts of galaxies and quasars and the hypothesis of an expanding Earth are mutually compatible, and he has related these ideas to the fine-structure constant and to cosmic structure.

In earth physics, Kokus has studied correlations between geophysical activity and astronomical periods, examining possible links between solar, lunar and planetary cycles and the timing of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. This work includes analyses of earthquakes on the Parkfield segment of the San Andreas Fault in relation to lunar phase, and reviews of the broader literature on lunar and solar periods in seismicity and volcanism. Much of his research has been presented within alternative-science venues such as the Natural Philosophy Alliance and the New Concepts in Global Tectonics group rather than through mainstream peer-reviewed geophysics journals.

Articles

M.Kokus; O.Essenwanger. The use of maximum entropy for correcting averaging, aliasing and window effects in power spectra measurement.
M.Kokus; O.Essenwanger; M.Rooney. The power spectra of Markov or red noise, signal averaging and transfer functions.
M.Kokus, 2011. Lunar and solar periods in earthquakes and volcanism: a review of the literature. New Concepts in Global Tectonics Newsletter, No. 60, pp. 38-49.
M.Kokus, 1991. Volcanic cycles and climate. Cycles, 42:189-195.
M.Kokus, 1990. The solar cycle and planetary periods. Cycles 41:249-251.
F.D.Johnson; M.Kokus, 1979. NASA Technology Utilization Program: A cost/benefit evaluation. 15^th Space Congress Proceedings, April 1979, Canaveral Council of Technical Societies.
M.Kokus, 1975. A physical model of the atmospheric boundary layer, University of Virginia Library.

Presentations

M.Kokus, 2005. An interdisciplinary approach to unification, presented at the 12^th Natural Philosophy Conference at U. Conn, May, 2005
M.Kokus, 2004. Alternative theories of gravitation and geology in earthquake prediction, presented at 32^nd International Geological Congress, Workshop PWO 09 on New Concepts in Global Tectonics, Urbino, Italy, Aug. 29-31, Forese Wezel, convener.
M.Kokus, 2004. The Earth's radius, redshift quantization, and alternative theories of gravity, cosmology and fundamental particles, poster session, 32^nd International Geological Congress, Workshop PWO 09 on New Concepts in Global Tectonics, Urbino, Italy, Aug. 29-31, Forese Wezel, convener.
M.Kokus. What is Unification? Presented at the Natural Philosophy Alliance conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, June 2003.
M.Kokus. Redshift quantization supports earth expansion. New Concepts in Global Tectonics Conference, Otero Junior College, La Junta, CO. May, 2002.
M.Kokus. Classical Unification, presented at Swansea Workshop on Instantaneous Action at a Distance, University of Swansea, Wales, July, 2001. The workshop dealt with philosophical conflicts between scientific paradigms.
M.Kokus. Redshift quantization and earth expansion are complimentary, presented at the Natural Philosophy Alliance Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, June, 2000.
M.Kokus, A simple, intuitive approach for unifying natural phenomena. Presented at the International Conference - Modern Mathematical Models of Time and their Applications to Physics and Cosmology, Tucson, AZ, 11-13 April, 1996.
M.Kokus, The fine structure constant and cosmic structure, poster session at the York University Conference in Honour of Jean-Paul Vigier, York, Ontario, August, 1995.
M.Kokus, Galaxy and quasar redshift quantization, presented at the International Conference on Frontiers of Fundamental Physics, Olympia, Greece, Sept. 1993.

Patents

A combination tent-rain cape. U.S. Patent No. 6,341,379 B1 (2001).
A linear reciprocating to rotary motion mechanism. U.S.Patent 4,509,855 (1983).

Conferences attended

"The Big Bang Never Happened." Princeton University. May, 1993.
"The Sun in Time," University of Arizona. February, 1989.

Workshops

Chatauqua Work Shop, Radio Astronomy, May 23-26, 2004 Green Bank, WV.
Chatauqua Work Shop, Teaching Astronomy, May 26-29, 2004 Green Bank, WV.

Abstracts

2007 - "Alternate Theories of Gravity and Geology in Earthquake Prediction"
2007 - "An Interactive Approach to Unification "
2005 - "Earthquakes on Parkfield Segment of the San Andreas Fault and Lunar Phase"
2005 - "Unification Based on Astronomical Quantization and Earth Expansion"
2003 - "The Fine Structure Constant and Cosmic Structure"
2000 - "Astronomical Red-Shift Quantization and Earth Expansion (~7mm/yr) Techtonics are Compatible"
1999 - "Towards a New Paradigm"
1997 - "Earthquakes, Earth Rotation, the Excess Elliptical Bulge and Earth Expansion"
1997 - "Fundamental Hypothesis: An Outline of a Simple Approach for Unifying Natural Phenomena"
1996 - "Spherical Rotation, Particles and Cosmology" (Read in full)
1994 - "Cosmological Coincidences" (Read in full)
1994 - "Earth Expansion and the Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanicism"
1993 - "Red-Shift Quantization and the Fractal Geometry of the Universe"
1993 - "Suggestion for Unifying Two Types os Quantized Redshift of Astronomical Bodies" (Read in full)

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