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"The
Unified Concept," as a descriptive term, was first mentioned in the spring of 1955, a few
days prior to Albert Einstein's death, when the theory was being
explained to
Philip Morrison, who was then a physics professor at Cornell University.
Philip Morrison provided the,
then missing, link to the Unified Concept theory. The problem as
presented was: How could two identical, oscillating phenomenon be
attractive rather than repulsive?
Without hesitation, Morrison reached to a shelf for a slim, brown
hardcover book, opened it immediately to what seemed the page he wanted;
and, pointed to a section that described an approach to the problem's
solution.
The book was, "Essentials of Fluid Dynamics" by Ludwig
Prandtl, 1949; Hafner Publishing Company, New York, NY.
On pages 343-5, Paragraph 1, Chapter 5, Section 6, titled: "Bodies in Accelerated
Fluid. Hydrodynamical Action at a Distance," was a description by
V. Bjerknes of an experiment by C.A. Bjerknes, first published in 1871,
concerning bodies that "pulsate in the same
rhythm," which are attractive; and, repulsive when they are pulsating
"in opposite rhythms." Exactly,
the requisites that the Unified Concept required.
Also an "ellipsoid (of revolution)" is mentioned in the same
section. It was not until much later that the significance of the
ellipsoid as it pertained to Pulsoids
would be ascertained.
When told that the concerned theory was referred to as the Unified
Concept, Morrison thought it sounded like the unified field theory that
Einstein was working on.
Morrison, then, suggested that the theory be presented to Einstein.
Several days later, while
driving to Princeton, New Jersey, the radio announced that Einstein had died
earlier that
morning.
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