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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|09|mf=y}} | | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|09|mf=y}} | ||
| | | birth_place = Antwerp, Belgium | ||
| death_date = {{death date|2023|12|31|mf=y}} | |||
| death_place = Atlanta, Georgia, United States | |||
| residence = Atlanta, GA, United States | | residence = Atlanta, GA, United States | ||
| nationality = USA, Belgium | | nationality = USA, Belgium | ||
| fields = [[Electrical Engineer]] | |||
| alma_mater = Catholic University of Leuven | |||
| known_for = [[Relativity]], [[quantum physics]], [[particle physics]], [[ether]], [[idealism]], [[realism]], [[unification]] | | known_for = [[Relativity]], [[quantum physics]], [[particle physics]], [[ether]], [[idealism]], [[realism]], [[unification]] | ||
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'''George A. Adriaenssens''' (December 9, 1929 – December 31, 2023) was a Belgian-American electrical engineer and independent theoretical physicist. After a career in computing and business software with IBM and The Coca-Cola Company, he devoted his retirement to developing "Post-Relativity Physics", an alternative framework intended to replace [[Einstein]]'s [[Special Relativity|Special Theory of Relativity]] and modern physics with a model based on a mechanical [[ether]]. | |||
==Biography== | |||
Adriaenssens was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on December 9, 1929. He earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. After completing his military service, he joined IBM in Brussels as a systems engineer, where he worked for about fifteen years. | |||
He subsequently joined The Coca-Cola Company in Vienna, Austria, as architect of BASIS, a generalized, table-driven software system for Coca-Cola bottlers around the world. During the 1970s and 1980s he masterminded the development of the system, which was designed to handle the varied business requirements of bottlers across Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, and the Americas and was ultimately used by hundreds of bottling operations. In 1975 he was transferred to Atlanta, Georgia, where he settled with his wife, Gaby. He retired in 1998. | |||
Adriaenssens lived for many years in Atlanta and remained active into old age, with interests that included tennis, skiing, sailing, and golf. He and Gaby were married for more than sixty years and had two children and six grandchildren. He died in Atlanta on December 31, 2023, at the age of 94. | |||
==Scientific contributions== | |||
Late in life Adriaenssens became interested in Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. He regarded the theory as controversial and set out to find what he considered a better alternative that would remain within the framework of classical physics. | |||
Working from a model of the ether composed of tiny spinning rings, he sought to explain the null result of the [[Michelson-Morley experiment]] and the nature of magnetism in classical terms. He reported that the initial ideas took about four years to develop, after which the project expanded over roughly another twelve years to address {{nowrap|E{{=}}mc<sup>2</sup>}}, [[quantum physics]], the Standard Model of [[particle physics]], [[General Relativity]], the nature of matter waves, [[gravitation]], action at a distance, and the structure of the photon and of neutrinos. | |||
He called the result "Post-Relativity Physics" (PRP), which he described as a fundamental revision and enhancement of modern physics. It was first published on the internet in January 2011 and revised several times thereafter, culminating in a major revision in 2015. These ideas lie outside the accepted mainstream of contemporary physics. | |||
==Books== | |||
* ''Post-Relativity Physics, a Comprehensive Alternative to Modern Physics'' (2019) | |||
==Abstracts== | ==Abstracts== | ||
* 0 - "[[The imaginary nature of time explains the Arrow of Time]]" | * 0 - "[[The imaginary nature of time explains the Arrow of Time]]" | ||
* 0 - "[[What's wrong with modern physics?]]" | * 0 - "[[What's wrong with modern physics?]]" | ||
==External links== | |||
* [https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/atlanta-ga/george-adriaenssens-11606466 Obituary of George A. Adriaenssens, Dignity Memorial] | |||
[[Category:Scientist|Adriaenssens George]] | [[Category:Scientist|Adriaenssens George]] | ||
Revision as of 09:12, 17 July 2026
George Adriaenssens | |
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| Born | December 9, 1929 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | December 31, 2023 Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Residence | Atlanta, GA, United States |
| Nationality | USA, Belgium |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
| Known for | Relativity, quantum physics, particle physics, ether, idealism, realism, unification |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineer |
George A. Adriaenssens (December 9, 1929 – December 31, 2023) was a Belgian-American electrical engineer and independent theoretical physicist. After a career in computing and business software with IBM and The Coca-Cola Company, he devoted his retirement to developing "Post-Relativity Physics", an alternative framework intended to replace Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity and modern physics with a model based on a mechanical ether.
Biography
Adriaenssens was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on December 9, 1929. He earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. After completing his military service, he joined IBM in Brussels as a systems engineer, where he worked for about fifteen years.
He subsequently joined The Coca-Cola Company in Vienna, Austria, as architect of BASIS, a generalized, table-driven software system for Coca-Cola bottlers around the world. During the 1970s and 1980s he masterminded the development of the system, which was designed to handle the varied business requirements of bottlers across Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, and the Americas and was ultimately used by hundreds of bottling operations. In 1975 he was transferred to Atlanta, Georgia, where he settled with his wife, Gaby. He retired in 1998.
Adriaenssens lived for many years in Atlanta and remained active into old age, with interests that included tennis, skiing, sailing, and golf. He and Gaby were married for more than sixty years and had two children and six grandchildren. He died in Atlanta on December 31, 2023, at the age of 94.
Scientific contributions
Late in life Adriaenssens became interested in Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. He regarded the theory as controversial and set out to find what he considered a better alternative that would remain within the framework of classical physics.
Working from a model of the ether composed of tiny spinning rings, he sought to explain the null result of the Michelson-Morley experiment and the nature of magnetism in classical terms. He reported that the initial ideas took about four years to develop, after which the project expanded over roughly another twelve years to address E=mc2, quantum physics, the Standard Model of particle physics, General Relativity, the nature of matter waves, gravitation, action at a distance, and the structure of the photon and of neutrinos.
He called the result "Post-Relativity Physics" (PRP), which he described as a fundamental revision and enhancement of modern physics. It was first published on the internet in January 2011 and revised several times thereafter, culminating in a major revision in 2015. These ideas lie outside the accepted mainstream of contemporary physics.
Books
- Post-Relativity Physics, a Comprehensive Alternative to Modern Physics (2019)
Abstracts
- 0 - "The imaginary nature of time explains the Arrow of Time"
- 0 - "What's wrong with modern physics?"