Paul Marmet
Paul Marmet | |
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President of the Canadian Association of Physicists | |
In office 1981–1982[1] | |
Preceded by | Cecil Costain |
Succeeded by | A.R. Crawford |
Personal details | |
Born | Ottawa, Ontario | 20 May 1932
Paul Marmet | |
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Alma mater | Université Laval |
Known for | Low-energy Monoenergetic Electron Spectrometer |
Spouse | Jacqueline Marmet |
Children | Dr. Louis Marmet |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
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Academic advisors | Larkin Kerwin |
Paul Marmet,
Marmet is notable for developing a novel high-resolution electron velocity selector, a scientific instrument which became widely used by scientists around the world.
Inventions
Early in his career, Marmet developed a high-resolution electron selector with his mentor Larkin Kerwin, a scientific instrument for studying ionic electronic states.[6]
Along with a
Research
Using the Marmet-Kerwin electron selector, Marmet and his research group discovered
Career
After receiving his physics
Starting in 1967, he was director of the Laboratory for Atomic and Molecular Physics at Laval University, serving until 1982.
Between 1981 and 1982, Marmet served as President of the Canadian Association of Physicists.
From 1983 to 1990, he was a senior researcher at the
In addition to the prominent role he played in developing the
Opposition to quantum mechanics, relativity, and the Big Bang
In his later years, Marmet became an outspoken critic of the
Marmet was one of 34 signers of An Open Letter to the Scientific Community advocating against the Big Bang cosmology.[14]
He also held an opposing view on
Reaction
Marmet's dissent about
The attack was followed by a reaction from the
Activism
In addition to his activities as a member of the first Associate Committee on
Bibliography
Paul Marmet published more than 100 original research papers and numerous books, websites, and animated demonstrations for the teaching of Physics.[12]
- Absurdities in Modern Physics – book[18] (free eBook)
- Einstein's theory of relativity versus classical mechanics - book[19]
The aim of this book is to demonstrate that using "Conventional Wisdom" and "Conventional Logic", classical physics can explain all the observed phenomena attributed to relativity. The arbitrary principles of Einstein's relativity are thus useless. It is very important to recognize the fundamental importance of the principle of mass-energy conservation. It took thousands of years of development for scientific thought to finally reject the magic of witchcraft. During the nineteenth century, scientists became convinced that matter cannot be created from nothing. Conversely, matter cannot be destroyed into nothing. It seems that even Einstein believed this, since he is the one who, at the beginning of the twentieth century, introduced the equation E = mc2 implying mass-energy conservation. However, he later developed general relativity which is not compatible with that principle. Indeed, according to Straumann, the: "general conservation law of energy and momentum does not exist in general relativity". Twentieth century science moved backward in accepting again the magical creation of matter or energy from nothing, even if this is hidden in complicated mathematics. Contrary to what Einstein did, all the demonstrations in this book are compatible with the principle of mass-energy and momentum conservation.
— P. Marmet (1997) Einstein's theory of relativity versus classical mechanics., OCLC
Honours
- Member of the Order of Canada (CO), 1981[2]
- Service Award, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1977[3]
- Léo-Pariseau Prize of the French Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science (ACFAS), 1976[4]
- Herzberg Medal of the Canadian Association of Physicists, 1971[5]
References
- ^ CAP past presidents
- ^ a b c Mr. Paul Marmet – Officer of the Order of Canada. Awarded June 22, 1981, invested October 21, 1981.
- ^ a b "Paul Marmet". Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981....He received the RASC Service Award in 1977.
- ^ a b "Prix Acfas Léo-Pariseau". Acfas PRIX. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ a b "CAP Herzberg Medal – Current and Previous Winners". Canadian Association of Physicists Canadian Association of Physicists. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- doi:10.1139/p60-084. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- . Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ Marmet, Paul; Kerwin, Larkin (23 November 1987). "This Week's Citation Classic: Marmet P & Kerwin L An improved electrostatic electron selector" (PDF). Current Contents (47): 20. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ Marmet, Stoicheff head Canadian Association, Physics Today 35(8), 52 (1982)
- ^ a b Marmet, Paul. "About the Author". Newton Physics. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ Marmet, Paul. "Newton Physics".
- ^ Lerner, Eric (2004) Bucking the big bang. New Scientist, 22 May.
- ^ Marmet, P. (1988) [A New Non-Doppler Redshift https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988PhyEs...1...24M/abstract]. Physics Essays 1(1), 24.
- ^ Louis Marmet, on his father's life.
- ^ Paul Marmet – Fellows Roster of the Royal Astronomical Socity of Canada
- ISBN 0921272154.
- ^ OCLC record