Physics - Against the Odds

The author tells why he chose to conduct theoretical research for over 30 years in spite of the odds. The chronology of the research is given with all the starts, slips and advances. The reason for choosing the laws of classical thermodynamics as the fundamental basis of physics is given and why this choice seems so improbable. Once the fundamental laws have been chosen they are used to show how they require Einstein's postulate about the constancy of the speed of light. The fundamental laws are then used to show that they specify the geometry to be used, how they require an arrow of time, special relativity, general relativity, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, Newtonian mechanics, Maxwell's electromagnetism, dark matter and dark energy. The fundamental laws are also used to predict new phenomena that include new lasers, and a non-singular potential that eliminates the singularities of nuclear physics including those of standard cosmology such as the big bang and black holes.