Science and Inquiry discussion

Dear all, Is it possible for space to get converted to electrons and protons? If yes, then how the mass of electrons and protons is related to the required volume of space for this conversion, mathematically? Can there be anything common between gravitational, nuclear and electrostatic forces? Why gravity bends light whereas photon is massless? If you are also intrigued by such questions, then you will find my book 'Lines of Space' interesting which not only suggests the creation of matter from empty space, but also gives the mathematical relations to prove this concept.
Thanks
Devinder Dhiman

Synopsis of 'Lines of Space'---SAHIL is a student grooming for engineering college entrance examination in India. Though he excels at mathematics but finds physics and chemistry perplexing. His father, the Author, perceives the reasoning for his lack of interest in science. He interacts with his son to overcome his impediments, but during their discussion, Sahil poses such questions on Electrons to him, that he feels maladroit in replying with his assimilated knowledge of science, and thus resolves to find the precise answers for his queries. His research reveals to him that his son's qualms can-not be satisfied by using the prevalent laws of physics, he has to explore beyond their boundaries. He breaks this barricade when he considers space to be non-uniform and made up of a medium of LINES OF SPACE. He assumes this medium to contract and expand, and develops formulae to find the stresses prevalent in this medium. Working on the formula for shriveling of this medium, he stumbles upon the fact that the gravitation of earth follows exactly that formula when getting diminished as one goes away from the earth, into outer space.
Encouraged by the striking similarity between gravitation of earth and stress in Lines of Space, the author applies this thought to refraction of light when RITIKA, his daughter, requests him to explain the cause of refraction of light on its entering from one medium to the other at an inclined angle. Lines of Space explained this phenomenon also aptly, and the author gets further boost in his new found concept when he interacts with Sahil on the issue of creation of Universe by Big-bang.
Sahil and Ritika's interest in physics starts growing as they deliberate on science with their father, and one day ask him to explain the Theory of Relativity, which he does, but it gives him one more topic where he can check the validity of Lines of Space, which is still a secret contemplation of the author. While working on this substantiation of the concept of Lines of Space, he recollects that the great scientist of 20th Century, Sir Albert Einstein had once stated that either space or time should be adjustable to maintain the speed of light constant and later reformed it to say that they are interchangeable. In spite of this verity, the author breaks away from this theory and discovers that Lines of Space concept makes the Theory of Relativity straightforward without the requirement of time dilation, thus dispensing with the Time paradox.
Amalgamating the above three outcomes of his exploration, the author learns that light bending around the heavy objects such as sun and stars is due to the different concentration of Lines of Space, and not because of pulling by gravity. This reflection obviously controverts Einstein's famous divination of bending of light by gravity, proven by the observation of Sir Arthur Eddington in 1919 during total solar eclipse. Hence, the rumination of the author seems absurd, but Einstein himself had said once, "If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
"Gravity should spring from some property of space-time," is another statement from Einstein. He proposed this property as CURVATURE of Space-time and gave the world four dimensional model of the universe. Here again, author is at variance with Einstein as he had already unearthed that the gravity is caused by stress in Lines of Space and not due to curvature of space-time. Thus the four dimensional space-time models simplifies to three dimensional space model, which a common man can relate to. Nature has to be simple, if any law makes it complicated then probably that law is not true. When a simple YES and No of the binary system can give rise to such advanced computers, the author contemplates, then why can't two simple initial conditions originate the complete universe?
Exhilarated by the simplification of various perceptions on application of Lines of Space to them, the author tries to relate this concept with sub-atomic particles. Once again, he is bemused to notice that the formula used for shrinking of medium of space is applicable for them also. Thus he finds the long sought-after link between gravity and strong nuclear force. But it is not simple; he has to settle many issues, before he can reveal this relation to the world. He finds himself frequently in the situation, where single unanswered question can derail the complete mechanism. With perseverance, he keeps dissipating all hurdles one by one.
The author determines the similarity between gravitational and electrostatic force from his further probing into Lines of Space. Subsequently, he combines all the fundamental forces into one, caused by the stress in Lines of Space and gives a new approach to the creation of the subatomic particles and Universe. Hence, this book presents a ground breaking new concept of Lines of Space through colloquy between author and his children.

Review recieved on 10.07.2013

In this book told from the perspective of author, Devinder Kumar Dhiman, when his son, Sahil, is having trouble with his physics studies, the boy confesses to his father that he thinks atomic structure is all the work of scientist's imaginations. With that Dhiman begins tutoring his son, and, along the way, the reader, how various physics theories came about and were dropped, revised, or accepted as correct over hundreds of years. This ranges from the structure and behavior of atoms to Newton's laws of motion and the behavior of light and gravity, through Einstein's theories of special relativity and general relativity.
Along the way the author questions certain ideas that seem to act as place holders. Ideas that, while they cannot yet be proven, seem to uphold larger theories, and in some cases ideas that seem proven but that might be approached in a new way. Even as he instructs his son and later his curious daughter who shows an aptitude for engineering, Dhimar secretly questions some aspects of the physics story. One idea that he explores in depth is a long discarded notion that what we perceive as empty space, truly empty in the case of a vacuum, may consist of some subtle almost indiscernible medium, a concept that was discarded long ago. Interestingly, to me, Einstein's concept of gravity behaving a bit like a taught rubber sheet in which the sun presses down, drawing smaller bodies into its orbit, practically seems like describing space as being composed of physical stuff, which is the core of Dhiman's concept here.
Dhiman describes trying to imagine how this subtle medium of space could possibly result in the synthesis of physical matter as an alternative to the Big Bang theory. It is when his wife orders him to stir some milk that begins to separate into cream that he has a breakthrough. With detailed calculations, illustrations,and formulas, Dhiman finds that his observations might answer a lot of long standing questions in physics. His concept of lines of space reinterprets some of Einstein's ideas and long-held beliefs regarding the behavior of gravity and light refraction as well as the red shift by which the concept of a continually expanding universe is supported. His concept also does so with greater economy and simplicity than the current dominant theories, which, as he points out, in itself, makes sense as an incomprehensibly complex explanation lends to the greater likelihood that the universe could hardly seem to have come about at random without any need for a Creator.
In one part of the book during a discussion with his son on science and various belief systems, Dhiman explains to the precocious Sahil that all over the world people tend to believe that their religion , their teachers, their gurus, are the greatest and speak the truth above all others. I see a parallel in this and the way that people tend to fix on an idea in science while closing their minds to any other possibilities. I have experienced this first hand in some of my own observations and writing, far more I would say among lay persons than among actual scientists. Some of these ideas of my own now appear to be correct, so I know of what he speaks. Dhiman, who works as a marine engineer, also points out that when Einstein was a patent clerk he came up with the theory of special relativity, where, today, you have to have a PhD in physics or chemistry for anyone even to consider what you have to say regarding science, which is another thing that I have come up against. As Einstein himself famously said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
I have some aptitude for conceptual thinking but mathematical formulas do not do much for me, and there are a lot of them in this book, especially in the later chapters. I think the ideas are interesting though and I am one to consider that a person outside the system may have some valid input. I think it would be interesting to know what a person who better understands the math would think of Dhiman's observations and his formulas for the lines of space concept. I enjoyed the sense of East Indian culture and family in this book, and the core ideas presented, even if the math glazed my eyes over a bit.

Wow, what a wall of text....

Might I suggest that if you want to promote your book, to break it down a bit, present some interesting concepts, excerpts, etc and let people know where they can go to purchase or learn more.

Thanks Kenny for your valuable suggestion.
I shall try to do that.

Shorter paragraphs are a great deal easier to read. (I confess, I didn't get through more than six lines of the above before I quit.)

Thanks Susanna for the honest feedback. I shall certainly take care of the length of paragraphs in my future postings.
My last post was a review of my book 'Lines of Space' from a goodreads author and I didn't want to tamper with that, so reproduced it exactly as I got it.

It might have been better if you linked to the review rather than reproduced the whole thing. With maybe one or two small quotes.

What a simple and effective idea!
Thanks Betsy for sharing this one.
I am learning something new everyday.

Regarding the title of this thread, I would like to share something here.

Einstein had said- "Either space or time should adjust itself to keep the speed of light constant." Later he chose Time as flexible to give four dimensional model of space-time to the world, whereas if we choose space, it is possible to prove that Electrons and protons can originate from space itself.

This idea seems absurd, but I may quote Einstein once again," If an idea at first is not absurd, there is no hope for it."

By choosing space to be flexible instead of time, Einstein's theory of Relativity remains still valid and we get added advantage of exploring new possibilities of creation of Universe from empty space.

Devinder Dhiman
Author of 'Lines of Space'
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Ganga Shankar Dixit gave a review of the book 'Lines of Space' and commented on the explanation of sub-atomic particles and other concepts of science.
The link to the review is http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Time has come to reconsider the existence of a medium (or aether) of space due to recent developments in science on presence of dark energy in space. This only will lead us to formation of electrons and protons from space.