Dear Dr. Aquino,
I've been following your progress in theoretical physics avidly and am especially enthusiastic about your latest paper. Because I think its so important I sent a brief email to Stephen Hawking regarding it. I hope you approve.
Eric Habegger
This is what I sent:
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Dear Dr. Hawking,
I'm writing this note to you based on the possibility you have not heard of a person who I think just may be revolutionizing physics as we know it. His name is Fran De Aquino and he is a professor of physics in Brazil. In 1987 a paper was published in the European Journal of Physics in which the authors, Donohue and Holstein, with a lot of high powered mathematics, showed a way of renormalization of gravitational equations. Their equations finally rids them of those pesky infinities that normally crop up with gravity. Nothing much happened after this paper was published.
Dr de Aquino has used the renormalization equations to reformulate the classical equations. In his most recent paper submitted to Los Alamos Labs he redefines classical mechanics at the simplest level working backwards from his original insight of the meaning of renormalization to the gravity equations. His first 10 or so papers, also available from Los Alamos, were mathematical extensions from that 1987 paper. The results from these papers are so startling that I won't even mention them for fear of prejudicing you. But these results, as amazing as they will seem, are simply by products of his insights and are not meant to stun. His theories calculate the difference between gravitational mass and inertial mass, what causes those differences, and how to effect those differences. I'll leave it to your curiosity as to what his equations predict.
More to the point is his latest paper, "Kinetic Quantum Gravity". In this paper he works backward from the results he's published in his other papers. That is he doesn't start with the renormalization equations in which his other papers began. Instead he works from first principles - basic particle physics that are now accepted theory and works forward to renormalization and far beyond. Its a stunning work that redefines physics. It is not in my power to describe what he's written nearly as well as he's written it himself.
The reason I'm writing you is because he seems to be toiling in a backwater that the world doesn't want to recognize. His work is so revolutionary I'm afraid his peers are afraid to venture there. And they have good reason. On first appearance his theories give the impression of another "cold fusion" debacle. Physicists are no different than ordinary mortals - they don't want their career paths squashed because they followed an unproven path.
On the other hand I have such confidence in your intellect and integrity that if you read his papers you will KNOW whether there is substance there or not and will act accordingly. I would never expect any less from such a respected theoretician. if you read his work and decide there is substance there - believe me, he could use an advocate like you. Ultimately the scientific world will take a giant leap on that day. Dr Aquino's web site is:
http://www.elo.com.br/~deaquino/
Thanks so much for your time.
Eric Habegger
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