Carl Johnson
Carl Johnson | |
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| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Independent critiques of special relativity and nuclear physics |
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| Fields | Physics, cosmology |
Carl Johnson is an independent researcher and author who self-publishes papers challenging aspects of modern physics, cosmology and nuclear theory. He is listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists.
Background
Johnson earned a degree in physics from the University of Chicago in 1967. After his work was declined by mainstream scientific journals because it conflicted with accepted theory, he began publishing his papers online, on personal web pages (mb-soft.com) and on repositories such as Academia.edu and the General Science Journal.
Ideas
Johnson argues that the relativistic account of the twin paradox is mistaken. In his paper "The Twins Paradox of Relativity is Absolutely Wrong" (2006) he contends that physicists mishandle the problem by applying special-relativistic time dilation while neglecting general-relativistic effects. He has also written on galactic dynamics, in "Galaxy Spiral Arm Stability and Dynamics" (2006), and on atomic masses, in "An Analysis of Same-Atomic-Weight Isotopes" (2007).
In nuclear physics he proposes that what is conventionally called the neutron is a shared electron bound between protons, and that the nucleus is held together by electrostatic forces rather than the strong nuclear force, whose existence he disputes. He likewise argues against the reality of the neutrino. These positions lie well outside the scientific mainstream.