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Jean, please listen carefully again to Bearden’s exact words, he never spoke about an easy formula. To the contrary, the simple fact that Maxwells 20 equations of electrodynamics were written down with the help of Quaternions (an extension of vectors, mathematically dealt with by using matrices), inhibiting 20 unknowns was extremely complex.
In fact, mostly they are a set of differential equations, which are by their nature non linear. This complexity and the unwillingness (lazyness or limited capabilities in some cases) to use this difficult, but at the same time wonderfully formulated theoretical foundation of the whole E/M universe, later led to the misinterpretation and re-writing by several mathematicians and physicians – one of them was Heavyside.
Either by intent or, equally likely, by lack of insight and not knowing how to handle this enormous set of equations to find applications and special solution, which could lead to practical use, they shortened and simplified (and by doing this, shortened the possible number of solutions substantially) them.
There was no theoretical justification for doing this, whatsover. But nonetheless, it happened. The then following scientist didn’t learn quaternions mathematical theory and also not the original Maxwells formulation of Electrodynamics, but the translated (either into standard differential or integral formulation). Exactly this is teached since then in high school and universities.
In 1890-1980 there was no computer avaliable to numerically get solutions, because the theory of differential equations and their solutions (now mostly done by sophisticated approximation methods, which heavily use the capabilities of computer). Now, everyone can use a simple PC to get solutions with a little help of programming languages, utilizing freely avaliable math libaries.
Some physicists around 1900 already knew, there was something wrong about the over-simplified Maxwell equations (Lorentz, by the way, was one of the most prominent proponents of the simplifications). They already tried to work with Maxwells originals and came to some astounding conclusions
1. There is a clear connection between gravity | inertia and electrodynamic forces and waves.
2. Scalar waves exist, not only waves (as we are taught), in which the direction of spreading is perpendicular to the direction of the electrical or magnetical amplitude.
3. The “normal” production and use of electrical energy is a classic example of massive waste. This is mainly due to the theoretically misunderstnading of the real inner workings of an electrical load inside a circuit with a dissipator. Over unity circuits DON’T violate the laws of energy conservation, of electrodynamics and of thermodynamics (especially the 2. law).
4. The aether exists. In fact, THIS is the true source of all matter and energy and by that also of life itself (today, it is ordinary knowledge that, from a solely technical standpoint, living creatures are chemical/electromagnetic energy machines, working with an amazing efficieny).
5. The unification of all the fundamental forces is already done. “Official” science is a big scam to let us pay for ever and never learn anything real. Energy is freely avaliable everywhere, the technologies (many variations of them) basically are already avaliable. But they must be suppressed, for our disadvantage!
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