Ricardo Carezani
Ricardo Libertario Carezani | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 11, 1921 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, Astronomy |
| Institutions | National University of Tucumán Stanford University Universitat de Barcelona |
Ricardo Libertario Carezani (Córdoba, Argentina; 11 April 1921) is an Argentine theoretical physicist. Carezani is best known for proposing the theory of autodynamics, which aimed to formulate a mathematical basis of Einstein's theories of special and general relativity.[1]
Biography
Dr. Carezani was born in the city of Córdoba, to an Italian activist and quiet mother. At the age of 10, he moved to Tucumán, where he completed his primary, secondary and university studies. He studied elecro-mechanical engineering at the National University of Tucumán and formulated the first draft of his theory Autodynamics at age 24. He graduated in 1947 with a Ph. D.[2] Much of his further life has been devoted to his improvements on his theory, though some have proven to be controversial or even proven fallacious.[3]
He moved to Buenos Aires in 1953 and married an elementary school teacher. During this time period, he succeeded to publish his research in an important newspaper in Buenos Aires. However, this was shunned from the viewpoint of the Peron government who had close links to traditional relativists. For the next twenty years, he started his own mechanical engineering corporation and occasionally altered his theory.
In 1966, the mafia asked Carezani to offer the government 1/4 of his earnings. However, Carezani refused and sought to make a difference internationally. That time came in 1979 when Argentina lessened its travel restrictions, and was encouraged by his colleagues to conduct research internationally. That year, he moved with his family Long Beach, California, USA. Carezani worked with Pierre Noyes at various linear accelerators, and conducted further lab work in MIT and the University of Barcelona. However, importantly, while some of the theories were proven true, many were proven false through the experiments conducted at the Stanford Linear Accelerator.
However, after the setbacks in the 1980s, Carezani regained some prominence in the 1990s and 2000s. In 1991, he discovered a mathematical conversion theorizing that special relativity is a subset of autodynamics. Despite a heart transplant in 1992 stopping any research for the next year, Carezani regained momentum and founded the Society of the Advancement of Autodynamics, a California-Based organization now run by David De Hilster. In 1996, Carezani was presented the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in relative physics,[citation needed] and he published his first book one year later.
Today, Carezani has mostly retired his formal laboratory work. He continues to compile his findings into books and display his theory on television documentaries.
Critics
There are a number of critics of autodynamics. For example, Mark Norris has devoted much time to pointing out the more obvious flaws with autodynamics. Other examples of objections to Autodynamics dating back to the early 1990s can be found on various physics forums, one such argument is provided by Tom Roberts in his "A Physicist's Refutation of Autodynamics"
Selected publications
- Nucleus-Nucleus Collision and Autodynamics (Physics Essays Vol. 10, 1997 DOI: 10.4006/1.3028710 )[4]
- Calorimetric Test of Special Relativity (with Dieter R. Walz and H. Pierre Noyes) (Physical Review AS 29, 1984 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.29.2110 )[5]
- The Muon Decay μ[sup +] → e[sup +]e[sup +]e[sup −] and Autodynamics (Physics Essays Vol. 5, 1992, DOI: 10.4006/1.3028950 )[6]
- The Compton Effect and Autodynamics (Physics Essays Vol. 6, 1993 DOI: 10.4006/1.3029071)[7]
- A New Experiment With RaE (Physics Essays Vol. 1, 1988, DOI: 10.4006/1.3029071)[8]
References
- ^ "Autodynamics | The work of Dr. Ricardo Carezani". www.autodynamics.org. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Carezani Timeline | Autodynamics". www.autodynamics.org. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Norris, Mark (1 March 2007). "the observers hunch: Why Autodynamics Is Wrong, Totally, Utterly And Most Importantly Demonstrably". the observers hunch. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Nucleus-Nucleus Collision and Autodynamics". ResearchGate. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Calorimetric test of special relativity". ResearchGate. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "The Muon Decay μ[sup +] → e[sup +]e[sup +]e[sup −] and Autodynamics". ResearchGate. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "The Compton Effect and Autodynamics". ResearchGate. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "A New Experiment With RaE". ResearchGate. Retrieved 21 February 2017.