Chemistry & Biochemistry

Permanent URI for this communityhttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11812

Browse

Author: search.filters.author.Hansen, John Norman

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 4 of 4
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    A Matrix Universe as the Origin of Inertia and Momentum and Translocation as a Chemical Reaction
    (2003-03) Hansen, John Norman
    It is proposed that there is a matrix structure of the universe that persists both in the presence and absence of physical objects, and that chemical reactions involve reorganization of electronic orbitals within this matrix structure. The mechanism by which objects translocate within this matrix is similar to the chemical reaction mechanism, and therefore requires moving objects to cross transition-state energy barriers. This involves an input of energy, which is the origin of inertia and momentum. The matrix concept is used to derive equations of motion that conform to Newton’s laws and include terms for inertia and momentum.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    HUMAN SUBJECT EFFECTS ON TORSION PENDULUM OSCILLATIONS: IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THERMAL CONVECTION AIR CURRENTS
    (Elsevier, 2017-02) Hansen, John Norman
    Studies of thermal effects on torsion pendulum oscillations.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Treefall
    (Vantage Press, 1999-12) Hansen, John; Hansen, J. Norman; Hansen, John Norman
    This file is an electronic facsimile of Treefall as published in book form by Vantage Press, 1999. It was authored by John Hansen, who is also J. Norman Hansen and John Norman Hansen at the University of Maryland, College Park. Hansen is a biochemist, and this is written from the perspective of a biochemistry professor. A record of Hansen's scientific publications is available at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GkWED_QAAAAJ&hl=en Treefall originated as a philosophy. It presents philosophical arguments with respect to the nature of Reality. It also presents novel alternatives to conventional Physics, with respect to the mechanism of translocation, along with the basis of inertia and momentum. It is argued that the apparently simple process of translocation is actually a complex chemical reaction. For translocation to occur, an object has to have an input of energy to cross a transition state, in order become the same object in a new location. In the Appendix, this process is treated as a chemical reaction that obeys traditional chemical mechanisms, which always include transition states. The logical outcome of this idea is that, by the treatment of translocation as a chemical reaction, an equation can be derived that describes the process of translocation in terms of chemical kinetics. The gratifying aspect is that this equation includes terms for inertia and momentum. Inertia and momentum have heretofore not been explainable by first principles of physics. That 'translocation as a chemical reaction' provides explanations of inertia and momentum is an argument it favor of the concept.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Construction and Characterization of a Torsional Pendulum that Detects a Novel Form of Cranial Energy
    (2009) Hansen, John Norman; Lieberman, Joshua A.
    A torsional pendulum consisting of a dome-shaped energy collector and a nylon monofilament support fiber was suspended above the cranium of a seated human subject and the effects of the subject on the oscillations of the pendulum were measured. There were dramatic effects, with FFT analysis of the oscillation signal showing many new frequencies in addition to the natural frequency of 0.034 Hz. The lowest new frequencies (0.0-0.002 Hz) were accompanied by a shift in the Center of Oscillation (COO) of the pendulum, and the higher frequencies were associated with changes in the amplitude of oscillation. The Delta COO (7.3 deg) and the amplitude (12 deg) effects were substantial, and would require forces equivalent to 34 and 56 mg, respectively. Residual effects on the Delta COO and amplitudes persisted for at least 30 min after the subject departed, and the rate at which they subsided conformed to the kinetics of a chemical relaxation process with a relaxation time of 600 sec. Shifts in the magnitude of the Delta COO with the subject present also conformed to chemical relaxations processes, with relaxation times of 35 and 200 sec. It is proposed that the energy that drives the anomalous oscillations when the subject is present is the result of enzyme-mediated energy transductions that convert metabolic energy into a form of energy that can affect the pendulum. Although highly speculative, it is suggested that aspects of quantum entanglement are involved in the energy transduction process.