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Revision as of 09:01, 19 July 2026
Lawrence M. Stephenson | |
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| Born | 1933 |
| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Mach's Principle, General Relativity, Special Relativity |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineer |
- B.Sc(Eng) in Electrical Engineering 1951-54. Imperial College London.
- Ph.D. (on Hall effect in semiconductors at microwave frequencies) 1954-57. University College London.
- Industrial research on microwave backward wave oscillators 1957-59. GEC Wembley, London.
- Lecturer in Electrical Engineering 1959-61. Leeds University.
- Lecturer in Electrical Engineering 1961-84. University College London (retired age 51).
- Built my own house and developed a Marina 1974-99.
- Back to relativity and gravitation 1993-present.
As early as 1962 I wrote a letter to "New Scientist" ( Vol 315, p 519, 29 November 1962) indicating that Maxwell's equations clearly showed that the observed steady-state velocity of light was equal to c relative to the observer's material inertial frame. I elaborated on this theme in my 1993 book and my 1998 and 2000 papers. At long last the section on "Advanced Potentials" on my web site is convincing some relativists. I did not get a computer until 1998, when my daughter and her partner went round the world and left me their computer so as to keep in contact. I then put my own name into Yahoo and found a 1980 paper by J.G.Cramer that critcised a paper I had written on advanced potentials in 1978 - but he had never sent me a copy of his paper! By this time I had written my 1998 paper on Precursor Transients (Paper 3 on my web site) where I just mentioned using advanced potentials. Then, out of the blue, Prof Alex Cullen FRS, my old head of department, a world authority on em theory, who had advised me on both my 1978 and 1998 papers, suddenly told me that individual advanced potential solutions were inherently invalid! There followed a triangular discussion between Clive Kilmister, Alex and myself and the outcome was my 2000 paper on Advanced Potentials (Paper 2 on my web site). Perhaps it is no wonder that relativists had never got involved with advanced potentials and Einstein's assumption that c was constant "in empty space" was the only acceptable way forward.
Abstracts
- 2003 - "A Dynamical Origin for the Gravitational Constant that Explains Gravitational and Inertial Mass Equality and Rejects Dark Matter and Dark Energy" (Read in full)
- 2000 - "The Relevance of Advanced Potential Solutions of Maxwells Equations for Special and General Relativity"
- 1998 - "The Significance of Precursor Electromagnetic Waves in Special and General Relativity" (Read in full)
Books
- 2009 - "New Ideas That Change Einstein's Theories"
- 1993 - "A Review of Einstein's Relativity" (Read in full)