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Matter and Mind: (In PDF-format) This book examines the similarities between dynamic processes occurring in matter, mind, and society. The dynamics of matter is similar to cognitive processes. Biological life at the cellular level is more reminiscent of cognitive processes than of thermodynamics: Elements of lower hierarchies build up more complex elements which in their turn form building blocks at the next higher hierarchy. The information exchange between the complex elements is effectuated by smaller elements shuttling between them. Evaluating the probability of life is easier than identifying its characteristics in this model. Multidisciplinary applications of the theory are examined. The book can be read by anyone having a high school or equivalent background and an interest in structuring the world based on scientific principles. It also addresses some academic issues in these fields including previously unpublished research. Approximately 10% mathematics, mostly in Chapter 7 and 16, 90% plain text, 27 illustrations, 156 pages with 1.5-spaced text lines, 160000 characters. Back to Top

Reaching for the Universe: (In PDF format) This book explores how many findings in contemporary physics may be integrated into a comprehensive modern world picture. The big bang theory of the universe has its roots in 17:th century physics at which time no distinction was made between the celestial objects and light signals emitted from them. At that time, quantum mechanics was not known. Relativity theory is merely an adaptation of the classical mechanical way of looking at the world by incorporating the constancy of the velocity of light in vacuum into a Cartesian coordinate system. However, a decision about the world's space-time can not be made until the geometry of its physical contents is known. No matter how important the speed of light may be there are other things in the real world that are also important, for example the structure of atoms. The book examines how the structure of the hydrogen atom may provide clues to promote modern physics from a patchwork of plain mathematical descriptions into a self-consistent world picture. Part I of the book can be read by anyone having a high school background or a matching interest in the topic and also serves as an introductory perspective to Part II, which is a compilation of previously published articles with minor corrections and improved clarity. Several academic issues in cosmology are addressed at an elementary level throughout the book. The book describes in detail how contemporary science may completely change our world picture. It is recommended for anyone with an interest in critically evaluating this topic including but not restricted to undergraduate and graduate students in physics. The book represents a non-standard approach to the subject. Approximately 90% text in Part I, 10% text in Part II, the rest is formulae and 7 illustrations, 150 pages with double-spaced lines, approximately 130000 characters. Back to Top

Matter and Mind: (Contents in Chapters) 1. Cognitive Processes in Living Matter and Nature 2. The Elements Building up the Material and Living World 3. The Probability of Life 4. Elements of Our Perception and Description of the Real World 5. Evolution 6. The Identity of Elements in Their Environment 7. Interaction Probabilities 8. Thermodynamics versus Cognitive Processes 9. What Is Life? 10. An Introduction to Practical Applications 11. Market Economics 12. Psychology and Neurophysiology 13. Cell Biology 14. Biology 15. Image and Information Processing 16. Quantitative Interaction Probabilities in Matter and Mind Back to Top

Reaching for the Universe: (Contents in Chapters) Part I. Arguments and Issues 1. The Concept of a Material Universe 2. What Are Space and Time? 3. The Signal and the Atom 4. Oscillations, Fluctuations, and Uncertainty 5. The Interplay between Local and Global 6. Retrieving Lost Physics in a More Comprehensive World Picture Part II. Digits Chasing the Elusive 7. The Geometry of Plain Observation 8. Factorization of the Planck Length in Terms of a Line Increment of the Order of Hubble's Constant and Magnetic Charge 9. Calculation of Cosmological Observables from Constants of Nature 10. Evidence of Resonance between the W-Boson and the Apparent Cosmological Expansion Rate 11. Geometry of the Universe and the Ground State of the Hydrogen Atom 12. The First Arbitrary Event Back to Top