Causal Mechanics
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| Author | Nikolai A Kozyrev |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Theory of time, astrophysics |
| Published | 1991 |
Causal Mechanics collects the work of the Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist Nikolai A Kozyrev on his theory of "causal" (or "asymmetric") mechanics and the physical properties of time.
Overview
Kozyrev proposed that time, in addition to duration, has active physical properties: it possesses a directionality ("the course of time") that distinguishes cause from effect and can transfer energy and rotation between bodies. From this "causal mechanics" — first presented in his 1958 monograph Causal or Asymmetric Mechanics in the Linear Approximation — he derived predictions that he tested with sensitive torsion-balance and gyroscope experiments, and which he connected to stellar energy generation and to anomalies in astronomical observation. The collection presents the fundamentals of this theory and its experimental basis. Kozyrev's ideas have been influential in the "torsion field" and time-physics currents of alternative physics, but were not accepted by the mainstream physics community.
About the author
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908–1983) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist noted for early theoretical work on stellar energy sources and for the spectroscopic detection of apparent volcanic (out-gassing) activity on the Moon. Imprisoned during Stalin's Great Purge (1936–1948), he later developed his controversial causal mechanics.
Publication details
- Author: Nikolai A Kozyrev
- Published: 1991
External links
- Fundamentals of N. A. Kozyrev's Causal Mechanics (Institute for Time Nature Exploration, Moscow State University)