Tag Archives: AGN

Are Radio Sources and Gamma Ray Bursts Luminal Booms?

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Manoj

This post is the blog version of my article published in the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMP-D) in 2007, soon to become the Top Accessed Article of the journal by Jan 2008. Although it might seem like a hard core physics article, it is in fact an application of the philosophical insight permeating this blog and my book. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles and Essays, Physics, Science | Tagged AGN, Doppler shift, DRAGN, galaxy, grb afterglow, Lorentz invariance, perception, Physics, radio sources, relativity, sonic boom | 4 Comments

Constraints of Perception and Cognition in Relativistic Physics

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Manoj

This post is an abridged online version of my article that appears in Galilean Electrodynamics in November, 2008. [Ref: Galilean Electrodynamics, Vol. 19, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2008, pp: 103--117]
It can be viewed as a good summary of my book, The Unreal Universe, with all the gory mathematical details. Originally written for a professional audience, this post may interest my physicist friends, especially those with a philosophical openness in their beliefs. Continue reading →