The underlying beauty of the proposed revised theory of gravitation is that it is fully relative.  Motion, velocity and acceleration, depend on and can only be defined relative to the background from other objects. It replaces General Relativity (GR) which is a theory that is independent of a uniform, isotropic, stationary background, but dependent on movement relative to the observer and the difference in their gravitational potential.

In Full Relativity (FR) the underlying properties of matter and time depend on (relate to) the amount, distribution and movement of surrounding mass, independent of the observer.  As Einstein said: mass is energy and varies with the amount held. However, it has not been appreciated that this means that the same matter can store different amounts of energy. This simple change yields a much more satisfactory picture of gravity (see Making Sense of Gravity or download “New Understandings” from the Publications/Documents page).

FR reproduces all the standard, observationally confirmed, predictions of GR.  However, it leads to some remarkable differences that overcome key problems with the existing theory.

  • It reveals that the distance scale of empty space of the universe cannot expand and contract.
  • The redshift of distant galaxies comes, instead, from matter previously holding less energy.
  • Comparison with supernovae data removes the need for any expansion at all.
  • Hence, there was no “Big Bang”.
  • There is no need to posit the existence of dark matter and dark energy.
  • There is no need to posit an incredibly rapid expansion of the early Universe called “Inflation”.
  • The ‘Hubble tension’ and the ‘Horizon problem’ are removed
  • The fine-tuning problem needed to explain why the observed current curvature of the universe is flat is avoided.
  • The unphysical singularities and event horizons of black holes do not occur.
  • It predicts an increase in clock-rate as the matter of the Universe clumps.
  • It appears consistent with Quantum Mechanics.

The first purpose of this web site is to provide resources on FR. The aim is to develop simple explanations of the revised understanding that is accessible to anyone with a basic grasp of physics and who is prepared to access the public literature when additional information is needed.

The second aim is to encourage others to take the ideas further.  For example, it provides a revised understanding of the Higgs mechanism and may eventually lead to predictions of the coupling constants of all elementary wave-particle interactions. It also appears to remove the need for “new physics” beyond the Standard Model of particle physics and for a Quantum Gravity.

The underlying beauty of the proposed revised theory of gravitation is that it is fully relative.  Motion, velocity and acceleration, depend on and can only be defined relative to the background from other objects. General Relativity (GR) is a background-independent theory (based on gauge invariant Newtonian gravity) that depends on the relative movement and potential of the observer.