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| name = Claude Swanson<br />
| fields = Physics, parapsychology<br />
| alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| known_for = ''The Synchronized Universe'' and the study of "torsion" energy in paranormal phenomena<br />
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'''Claude Swanson''' (died 2022) was an American physicist and author known for his books on the paranormal, in which he argued that phenomena such as psychic effects and variations in radioactive decay reflect a "New Physics" based on torsion fields. He is listed in ''[[The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]''.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Swanson studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University, where his doctoral research was carried out in the experimental gravitation group associated with Robert Dicke. He later founded a consulting company, Applied Physics Technology, and worked on applied-physics studies for commercial and government clients before turning his attention to unified field theory and the paranormal.<br />
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==Ideas==<br />
In his book ''The Synchronized Universe: New Science of the Paranormal'' (2003) and its sequels, Swanson set out what he called the "Synchronized Universe Model." He proposed that reality consists of many parallel layers of differing "frequency," and that consciousness and paranormal effects arise from synchronization between these layers. He argued that experimental anomalies, such as reports that solar activity influences the rate of radioactive decay, are evidence of a subtle "torsion" energy not accounted for by conventional physics. These claims lie outside the scientific mainstream.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.synchronizeduniverse.com/ The Synchronized Universe (author website)]<br />
* [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3363687.Claude_Swanson Claude Swanson on Goodreads]<br />
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