Kepler and Einstein

Einstein wrote an article about Kepler in 1930. In this article Einstein praised Kepler for the contributions he made. Then he detailed the particular situation: the science as was known before Kepler, and what Kepler had to do to solve the problem.

There is one statement from Einstein about Kepler near the very beginning which I can relate to. Kepler’s experience is very much like mine in this regard.

“Kepler lived in an age in which the reign of law in nature was as yet by no means certain. How great must his faith in the existence of natural law have been to give him the strength to devote decades of hard and patient work to the empirical investigation of planetary motion and the mathematical laws of that motion, entirely on his own, supported by no one, and understood by very few! If we would honor his memory fittingly, we must get as clear a picture as we can of his problem and the stages of its solution.”

 

There are several key phrases which I can relate to:


“the strength to devote decades of hard and patient work”
and
“entirely on his own, supported by no one, and understood by very few!”

 

“Hard and patient work”:
Myself, I have had to devote much time to “hard and patient work” in order to make the discoveries I have made (as well as to illustrate, and write each chapter clearly).

“Entirely on my Own”

Equally as important, I have done all of this work “entirely on my own”. Every idea, every discovery was worked on my own. Of course I’ve read the previous greats like Faraday, Einstein, Heisenberg etc., but none of my solutions or images came from them. Nor was there any discussion with any scientist which would ignite my thinking.

There are no other “colleagues” with whom I have discussed my ideas; every idea was worked out on my own. There are no other scientists anywhere who have been doing anything close to what I have been doing. All of this, everything I have done, has been entirely on my own.

“Supported by no one”:

This is very much true. I do not work for any university or any research institution. (I certainly want to be! I really do!! But at the moment, I am not). Just like Einstein in his patent office, some of us work out our ideas all on our own. Apparently Kepler is one of those. And I am too.

“Understood by very few”:

This is certainly true. Great scientists and geniuses often have a hard time presenting their new ideas – even to the intelligent scientists of the day. And beyond that, there are very few people who have the background in the basics of EM or Quantum Science to appreciate what I have done.

Of course, this will not always be the case. I have written my books as clearly as possible, with numerous illustrations, so that readers can understand. (Including those with just a basic science background). And, of course, I will continue to promote my books, and promote my discoveries.

 

Thus, my experience has been very much like Kepler (and Einstein who crafted these phrases) in that:

We found “the strength to devote decades of hard and patient work” and we did this work “entirely on [our] own, supported by no one, and understood by very few!”

MF

2014