The anisotropy of space : the necessary revision of certain postulates of contemporary theories

Maurice Allais' passion for physics is older than his passion for economics. He declared having devoted a quarter of his time to physics. The results of his work and his experience in this field are entirely original. This work is based on new experimental data in four fields considered a priori as very different, although in close relation with each other: - observations on the paraconical pendulum with anisotropic support and with isotropic support; - observations on the optical deviations of sightings at marks and at collimators; - the regularities characterizing the optical observations of Esclangon and not perceived by him; - the regularities characterizing the interferometric observations of Dayton C. Miller and not perceived by him. The questioning of modern theories, both of classical theories and of the theory of relativity, has provoked, as could be suspected, fierce opposition. But in physics as in economics, Maurice Allais has an absolute principle: «All real progress in our knowledge can only be based upon data from experiment». Dedication Book Presentation of the 1997 French Edition About the Author Contents INTRODUCTION I MY EXPERIMENTS ON THE PARACONICAL PENDULUM WITH ANISOTROPIC SUPPORT - 1954-1960 II MY EXPERIMENTS UPON THE PARACONICAL PENDULUM WITH ISOTROPIC SUPPORT 1959-1960 III MY EXPERIMENTS OF JULY 1958 ON OPTICAL DEVIATIONS OF SIGHTINGS AT MARKS, AND THEIR CONTINUATION DURING FEBRUARY-MARCH 1959 IV TWO VERY SIGNIFICANT PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS V PERIODIC SEMI-ANNUAL AND ANNUAL STRUCTURE OF THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE PARACONICAL PENDULUM, OF THE SIGHTINGS AT MARKS, OF THE OBSERVATIONS OF ESCLANGON AND OF THE INTERFEROMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF MILLER VI THE ANISOTROPY OF SPACE VII THE OBSERVATIONAL DATA AND THE NECESSITY FOR REVISION OF CERTAIN POSTULATES OF CONTEMPORARY THEORIES VIIIA PLAN FOR SIMULTANEOUS EXPERIMENTS IX FIGHTING AGAINST DOGMA X NEW PERSPECTIVES References of Works Cited References Index of Names Index