Mass
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:22 am
You are right, he does think independently. As they say... respect!
As for the mass, he picked it off of a page from Maxwell (Article 5, Chapter 1, see attached page), who used this argument:
F = ma = GmM/r2
a = GM/r2
Now, AD HOC assumption: G is dimensionless. Note, this is where he is using his intuition, which is telling him that G is something that is an error of using the wrong units. He is partially correct, as the dimensions in this case lie neither with G, M, nor r, as they are all multiplicative numbers, and not quantities. They are derived from ratios in Reciprocal System. Hence, it is:
a = 1* GM/r2
And the 1 has the unit acceleration, so in this case the dimensions are in the UNITS.
So, from his assumption of G being dimensionless, we have:
M = ar2 = (s/t2)*s2 = s3/t2
And with mass gone, charge got confused as well.
As for the mass, he picked it off of a page from Maxwell (Article 5, Chapter 1, see attached page), who used this argument:
F = ma = GmM/r2
a = GM/r2
Now, AD HOC assumption: G is dimensionless. Note, this is where he is using his intuition, which is telling him that G is something that is an error of using the wrong units. He is partially correct, as the dimensions in this case lie neither with G, M, nor r, as they are all multiplicative numbers, and not quantities. They are derived from ratios in Reciprocal System. Hence, it is:
a = 1* GM/r2
And the 1 has the unit acceleration, so in this case the dimensions are in the UNITS.
So, from his assumption of G being dimensionless, we have:
M = ar2 = (s/t2)*s2 = s3/t2
And with mass gone, charge got confused as well.