Details of Full Relativity have been set out in “Making Sense of Gravity”.

The book is a work in progress, but the latest version can be downloaded from the Publications/Documents page, along with other documents.

A 10-page document for a quick introduction is: “Escaping the Dark Side”.

A 40-page document aimed at science communicators with a physics background is also available, see: “An Introduction for Physicists”.

Please feel free to contact the author at peter.r.lamb@bigpond.com if you wish to discuss.

A revised theory of gravity is set out, that retains the successful predictions of GR but removes the need for dark matter and dark energy and makes new predictions in agreement with astronomical observations.

The theory necessarily and logically follows from the published arguments that photons do not lose energy in escaping a gravitational field. The apparent redshift seen in the Pound/Rebka experiments is instead a blue-shift in the energy levels of atoms. It then follows that gravity is not a distortion of the geometry of the empty space-time between objects. It can be better understood as a reduction in the energy (mass) that can be stored in matter when it gets closer to other matter. The work done to lift objects in a gravitational field is stored in the objects as mass, not in a less-distorted fabric of space and time between objects. The energy is released and appears in the kinetic energy of an object falling in a gravitational field, as the background from other matter increases. Photons, having no mass, do not lose energy in moving higher in a gravitational field. Instead, massive particles gain energy from the work done to lift them higher as the background decreases. This means that the mass of the same matter was lower in the past and the speed of light was greater. The higher speed of light going back earlier in time completely removes the claimed accelerating expansion and the need for dark energy. The redshift then comes from the change in stored energy with the clumping of matter over time without the need for any expansion or a Big Bang. A two-component, chiral background from matter and anti-matter alters other properties (inertia and frequency) of objects in an undistorted space. The dependence of inertia on the asymmetry then explains the flat rotation curves of galaxies and the observed discrepancies in gravitational lensing; removing the need to postulate dark matter.

The book explains where and how things went wrong. It sets out the framework of a revised, fully relative theory which overcomes the problems. It appears to be consistent with all the existing successful predictions of GR while removing the need to hypothesise dark energy, dark matter and cosmic inflation. It also removes the supposed singularities inside black holes and the conflict with quantum mechanics and is supported by measurements of both supernovae and the cosmic microwave background. Crucially, however, it makes a number of new, unexpected predictions. It also explains why the current energy density of the universe is consistent with a flat (undistorted) space. Many of the details of the revised theory need more work (and the book is very much a work in progress) and many consequences, such as those for the structure and evolution of the shape and distribution of galaxies, need to be examined. However, the evidence in favour of the core aspects of the new theory appears very strong.