NEW REPORT «CANONICAL SCIENCE:ITS HISTORY, GOALS, AND FUTURE»

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TITLE OF REPORT:

Canonical science: its history, goals, and future


ABSTRACT:

This Perspective deals with the origin, present status, and future
developments of a new and revolutionary approach: canonical science.

The report starts with a tribute to Joel E. Keizer, the father of the
first version of canonical theory. The novelty of his theoretical work and
the importance of his early attempt to unify physics, chemistry, and
biology are emphasized.

Next, the main developments done in post-Keizer canonical science are
presented. The fundamental differences with Keizer original thinking and
the reception of the new ideas are noticed.

The new canonical theory addresses physicists' goal of unification of
physics, chemistry, and biology... but it does by abandoning reductionism.
The degree of unification achieved using canonical theory is compared with
the notorious fiasco of string theory. This Perspective reports the recent
episode when Paul Dirac's reductionist ideas about chemistry were
completely wrong. The popular claims that the Periodic Table of the
Elements has been reduced to quantum mechanics and that any theoretical
physicist, using quantum electrodynamics, could calculate the behaviour of
chemical systems are analyzed and discredited.

Moreover, this report inverts the traditional perspective and delineates
how, for instance, quantum electrodynamics can be obtained from the more
general canonical theory. A radical change of perspective has been
witnessed in science since former physical theories are obtained, as
special cases, from the new canonical approach.

The new approach is free of the so-called «time paradox», modeling Nature
like «a world of continuous construction» ruled by probabilistic laws and
no longer a kind of automaton.

The report also summarizes some other important contributions to physics,
chemistry, and biology. For instance, canonical science can solve the
so-called biggest mistake on physics and can be also useful for applied
ecologists, resource managers, and pest managers.

Finally, «The science's new faith» section offers readers a collection of
the advantages of canonical science for (i) specialized researchers in
traditional disciplines, (ii) educators, (iii) scientists working in new
disciplines of complexity, (iv) engineers, (v) philosophers, (vi)
students, and (vii) policy makers, funding agencies, and heads of both
public and private centers and organizations.


SECTIONS:

Introduction

Early canonical science, a tribute to Joel E. Keizer

Post-Keizer canonical science

Unification of science beyond strings and branes

Towards a new paradigm

Emergence, complexity, and the limits of reductionism

Other contributions to physics, chemistry, and biology

Canonical science: «the science's new faith»


REFERENCES:

A theory of spontaneous fluctuations in macroscopic systems 1975: J. Chem.
Phys. 63(1), 398–403. Keizer, Joel.

Dissipation and fluctuations in nonequilibrium thermodynamics 1976: J.
Chem. Phys. 64(4), 1679–1687. Keizer, Joel.

Thermodynamics at Isothermal, Isobaric Steady States: Vapor Pressure,
Colligative Properties, and the Electromotive Force 1989: J. Phys. Chem.
93(19), 6939–6943. Keizer, Joel.

Anomalous light scattering at the surface of growing crystals: A
theoretical analysis based on irreversible thermodynamics 1988: Phys. Rev.
A 38(10), 5267–5274. Mazur, Peter; Keizer, Joel.

A Theoretical Investigation of Electrode Oscillations 1980: J. Phys. Chem.
84, 2025–2032. Keizer, Joel; Scherson, Daniel.

Rapid Chemical Reactions in Two Dimensions: Spatially Nonlocal Effects
1996: J. Phys. Chem. 100, 19049–19054. Molski, Andrzej; Bergling,
Sebastian; Keizer, Joel.

Saltatory Propagation of Ca2+ Waves by Ca2+ Sparks 1998: Biophys J. 75,
595–600. Keizer, Joel; Smith, Gregory D.; Ponce-Dawson, Silvina; Pearson,
John E.

Science in the 21st century: social, political, and economic issues 2008:
Can. Sci. Rep. 20082v1. González-�lvarez, Juan R.

Has thermodynamics been violated? 2003: CPShyschem/0309002.
González-�lvarez, Juan R.

The Center for CANONICAL |SCIENCE), canonical science event 2008 May 16 20
November 2008 (Access): http://www.canonicalscience.org/en/
publicationzone/canonicalsciencetoday/20080516.html. Center for CANONICAL
|SCIENCE).

As time goes by... 1994: arXiv:hep-th/9406016v1. Nanopoulos, Dimitri V.

The End of Certainty 1997: Free Press, New York. Prigogine, Ilya.

NOVA | The Elegant Universe | A Theory of Everything? | PBS 21 November
2008 (Access): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/everything.html.
Author Not Available.

NOVA | The Elegant Universe | Steven Weinberg | PBS 21 November 2008
(Access): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/view-weinberg.html. Author
Not Available.

Can scientists’ “theory of everything� really explain all the weirdness
the universe displays? 2002: Astronomy June, 42–47. Witten, Edward.

Unravelling string theory 2005: Nature 438, 1085. Witten, Edward.

Update on String Theory 2003: arXiv:astro-ph/0304507v1. Schwarz, John H.

M-theory, the theory formerly known as Strings 21 November 2008 (Access):
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/qg_ss.html. Author Not
Available.

String Theory and the Unification of Forces: Sunil Mukhi 21 November 2008
(Access): http://theory.tifr.res.in/~mukhi/Physics/string.html. Author Not
Available.

String theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 21 November 2008
(Access): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory. Author Not
Available.

The Large, the Small and the Human Mind 2000: Cambridge University Press;
Cambridge. Penrose, Roger; Shimony, Abner (Contributor); Cartwright, Nancy
(Contributor); Hawking, Stephen (Contributor).

In Pursuit of the "Divine" Functional 2002: Science 298, 759–760.
Mattsson, Ann E.

Has the periodic table been successfully axiomatized? 1997: Erkenntnis 47,
229–243. Scerri, Eric R.

The fascinating kernel of chemistry 2003: CPS:chemistry/0310001.
González-�lvarez, Juan R.

The fascinating future of chemistry 2003: CPS:chemistry/0311002.
González-�lvarez, Juan R.

The emergence of complexity: science coming of age or science growing old?
2001: Computers and Chemistry 25, 341–348. Mikulecky, Donald C.

More Is Different 1972: Science 177, 393–396. Anderson, P. W. Extension of
scattering theory for finite times: Three-body scattering 1996: Phys. Rev.
A 53(6), 4075–4103. Petroski, T.; Ordonez, G.; Miyasaka, T.

Chubykalo and Smirnov-Rueda dualism: foundation and generalizations 2009:
In Press. González-�lvarez, Juan R.


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On Dec 22, 12:18*pm, "Juan R." González-Álvarez
wrote:
A new report of 19 pages long is ready to be downloaded (in pdf format)
from the canonicalscience site.

Suggestions, criticism, and general comments are welcomed.

TITLE OF REPORT:

Canonical science: its history, goals, and future

ABSTRACT:

This Perspective deals with the origin, present status, and future
developments of a new and revolutionary approach: canonical science.

The report starts with a tribute to Joel E. Keizer, the father of the
first version of canonical theory. The novelty of his theoretical work and
the importance of his early attempt to unify physics, chemistry, and
biology are emphasized.

Next, the main developments done in post-Keizer canonical science are
presented. The fundamental differences with Keizer original thinking and
the reception of the new ideas are noticed.

The new canonical theory addresses physicists' goal of unification of
physics, chemistry, and biology... but it does by abandoning reductionism..
The degree of unification achieved using canonical theory is compared with
the notorious fiasco of string theory. This Perspective reports the recent
episode when Paul Dirac's reductionist ideas about chemistry were
completely wrong. The popular claims that the Periodic Table of the
Elements has been reduced to quantum mechanics and that any theoretical
physicist, using quantum electrodynamics, could calculate the behaviour of
chemical systems are analyzed and discredited.

Moreover, this report inverts the traditional perspective and delineates
how, for instance, quantum electrodynamics can be obtained from the more
general canonical theory. A radical change of perspective has been
witnessed in science since former physical theories are obtained, as
special cases, from the new canonical approach.

The new approach is free of the so-called «time paradox», modeling Nature
like «a world of continuous construction» ruled by probabilistic laws and
no longer a kind of automaton.

The report also summarizes some other important contributions to physics,
chemistry, and biology. For instance, canonical science can solve the
so-called biggest mistake on physics and can be also useful for applied
ecologists, resource managers, and pest managers.

Finally, «The science's new faith» section offers readers a collection of
the advantages of canonical science for (i) specialized researchers in
traditional disciplines, (ii) educators, (iii) scientists working in new
disciplines of complexity, (iv) engineers, (v) philosophers, (vi)
students, and (vii) policy makers, funding agencies, and heads of both
public and private centers and organizations.

SECTIONS:

Introduction

Early canonical science, a tribute to Joel E. Keizer

Post-Keizer canonical science

Unification of science beyond strings and branes

Towards a new paradigm

Emergence, complexity, and the limits of reductionism

Other contributions to physics, chemistry, and biology

Canonical science: «the science's new faith»

REFERENCES:

A theory of spontaneous fluctuations in macroscopic systems 1975: J. Chem..
Phys. 63(1), 398–403. Keizer, Joel.

Dissipation and fluctuations in nonequilibrium thermodynamics 1976: J.
Chem. Phys. 64(4), 1679–1687. Keizer, Joel.

Thermodynamics at Isothermal, Isobaric Steady States: Vapor Pressure,
Colligative Properties, and the Electromotive Force 1989: J. Phys. Chem.
93(19), 6939–6943. Keizer, Joel.

Anomalous light scattering at the surface of growing crystals: A
theoretical analysis based on irreversible thermodynamics 1988: Phys. Rev..
A 38(10), 5267–5274. Mazur, Peter; Keizer, Joel.

A Theoretical Investigation of Electrode Oscillations 1980: J. Phys. Chem..
84, 2025–2032. Keizer, Joel; Scherson, Daniel.

Rapid Chemical Reactions in Two Dimensions: Spatially Nonlocal Effects
1996: J. Phys. Chem. 100, 19049–19054. Molski, Andrzej; Bergling,
Sebastian; Keizer, Joel.

Saltatory Propagation of Ca2+ Waves by Ca2+ Sparks 1998: Biophys J. 75,
595–600. Keizer, Joel; Smith, Gregory D.; Ponce-Dawson, Silvina; Pearson,
John E.

Science in the 21st century: social, political, and economic issues 2008:
Can. Sci. Rep. 20082v1. González-Álvarez, Juan R.

Has thermodynamics been violated? 2003: CPShyschem/0309002.
González-Álvarez, Juan R.

The Center for CANONICAL |SCIENCE), canonical science event 2008 May 16 20
November 2008 (Access):http://www.canonicalscience.org/en/
publicationzone/canonicalsciencetoday/20080516.html. Center for CANONICAL
|SCIENCE).

As time goes by... 1994: arXiv:hep-th/9406016v1. Nanopoulos, Dimitri V.

The End of Certainty 1997: Free Press, New York. Prigogine, Ilya.

NOVA | The Elegant Universe | A Theory of Everything? | PBS 21 November
2008 (Access):http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/everything.html.
Author Not Available.

NOVA | The Elegant Universe | Steven Weinberg | PBS 21 November 2008
(Access):http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/view-weinberg.html. Author
Not Available.

Can scientists’ “theory of everything” really explain all the weirdness
the universe displays? 2002: Astronomy June, 42–47. Witten, Edward.

Unravelling string theory 2005: Nature 438, 1085. Witten, Edward.

Update on String Theory 2003: arXiv:astro-ph/0304507v1. Schwarz, John H.

M-theory, the theory formerly known as Strings 21 November 2008 (Access):http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/qg_ss.html. Author Not
Available.

String Theory and the Unification of Forces: Sunil Mukhi 21 November 2008
(Access):http://theory.tifr.res.in/~mukhi/Physics/string.html. Author Not
Available.

String theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 21 November 2008
(Access):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory. Author Not
Available.

The Large, the Small and the Human Mind 2000: Cambridge University Press;
Cambridge. Penrose, Roger; Shimony, Abner (Contributor); Cartwright, Nancy
(Contributor); Hawking, Stephen (Contributor).

In Pursuit of the "Divine" Functional 2002: Science 298, 759–760.
Mattsson, Ann E.

Has the periodic table been successfully axiomatized? 1997: Erkenntnis 47,
229–243. Scerri, Eric R.

The fascinating kernel of chemistry 2003: CPS:chemistry/0310001.
González-Álvarez, Juan R.

The fascinating future of chemistry 2003: CPS:chemistry/0311002.
González-Álvarez, Juan R.

The emergence of complexity: science coming of age or science growing old?
2001: Computers and Chemistry 25, 341–348. Mikulecky, Donald C.

More Is Different 1972: Science 177, 393–396. Anderson, P. W. Extension of
scattering theory for finite times: Three-body scattering 1996: Phys. Rev..
A 53(6), 4075–4103. Petroski, T.; Ordonez, G.; Miyasaka, T.

Chubykalo and Smirnov-Rueda dualism: foundation and generalizations 2009:
In Press. González-Álvarez, Juan R.

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Please ignore the extremely rude and arrogant comments of Sir Charles
[Of The Tin Foil Hat] Francis over at sci.physics.foundations. They
gave him moderator status there and now the petty tyrant thinks he is
the Infallible Pope of Science.

Your examples of the 34, or so, Nobelists and highly regarded
scientists who have been turned away by benighted "gatekeepers" like
Charles make the report quite unique and worth reading. Peer review
does not know what to do with radical new ideas, except to pretend
that they do not exist, or hope that they will go away if nobody looks
at them.

Yours in science,
Knecht
www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw