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RUGGERO MARIA SANTILLI
out that, over the years, many eminent physicists have switched allegiance from
the pro-Copenhagen view. In some ways, the most important of these people
was David Bohm, a greatly respected thinker on scientific matters who wrote a
book presenting the Copenhagen view of quantum mechanics in minute detail.
However, later, apparently under Einstein’s influence, he reached the conclusion
that his previous view had been in error and also declared the total falsity of
the constantly repeated dogma that the quantum theory is complete. It was,
of course, this very question of whether or not quantum mechanics is complete
which formed the basis of the disagreement between Einstein and Bohr; Einstein
stating “No”, Bohr “Yes”.
However, where does Popper fit into anything to do with Hadronic Mechanics?
Quite simply, it was Karl Popper who first drew public attention to the thoughts
and ideas of Ruggero Santilli. Popper reflected on, amongst other things, Chadwick’s
neutron. He noted that it could be viewed, and indeed was interpreted
originally, as being composed of a proton and an electron. However, again as
he notes, orthodox quantum mechanics offered no viable explanation for such a
structure. Hence, in time, it became accepted as a new particle. Popper then
noted that, around his (Popper’s) time of writing, Santilli had produced an article
in which the “first structure model of the neutron” was revived by “resolving
the technical difficulties which had led, historically, to the abandonment of the
model”. It is noted that Santilli felt the difficulties were all associated with the
assumption that quantum mechanics applied within the neutron and disappeared
when a generalised mechanics is used. Later, Popper goes on to claim Santilli
to belong to a new generation of scientists which seemed to him to move on a
different path. Popper identifies quite clearly how, in his approach, Santilli distinguishes
the region of the arena of incontrovertible applicability of quantum
mechanics from nuclear mechanics and hadronics. He notes also his most fascinating
arguments in support of the view that quantum mechanics should not,
without new tests, be regarded as valid in nuclear and hadronic mechanics.
Ruggero Santilli has devoted his life to examining the possibility of extending
the theories of quantum mechanics and relativity so that the new more general
theories will apply in situations previously excluded from them. To do this, he
has had to go back to the very foundations and develop new mathematics and
new mathematical techniques. Only after these new tools were developed was
he able to realistically examine the physical situations which originally provoked
this lifetime’s work. The actual science is his, and his alone, but, as with the
realization of all great endeavours, he has not been alone. The support and
encouragement he has received from his wife Carla cannot be exaggerated. In
truth, the scientific achievements of Ruggero Santiili may be seen, in one light,
as the results of a team effort; a team composed of Ruggero himself and Carla
Gandiglio in Santilli. The theoretical foundations of the entire work are contained