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Gravimotion is an alternate to theoretical physics.
Gravimotion's main feature is to make sense!

GRAVIMOTION's idea...is simple.
We are living in motion rather than in space; space is fiction!

While interesting the idea goes against physics fundamental tenets though.
The belief in science is that space, time, matter and force make the universe.
Motion is not part of the list!
Lets face it, motion is relative that is elusive in physics.
Besides, to start with, motion is identified to rest (to no motion) in physics inertia law.
One way or another real motion is ignored in physics!
Please forgive, when awkward, the English of this page. English is not the author's native language.

The 4 consecutive human concepts of gravitation

  1. The first idea or mental concept of gravitation appeared over 2000 years ago. Aristotle declared that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones.
  2. The second generation concept of gravitation, which proved Aristotle wrong, is due to Galileo.
    His experiments show all objects no matter their weight fall at the same rate; and Newton made the theory.
  3. The third generation of ideas about gravitation is Einstein’ space-time curvature.
    Both Newton's and Einstein's interpretation of gravitation involve the force of gravity
  4. The fourth and latest concept of gravitation has been introduced in 2002 through the book Gravimotion now out of print.
    In this latest interpretation, gravitation is motion.
    Earth's gravitation (gravitation field) inter-acts with the apple's own gravitation field (doesn't act on the apple's mass) dynamically formatting the apple's gravitation into gravimotion, which becomes the apple's very motion.
    And just as Galileo's measures suggest, gravimotion's motion-interpretation-of-gravitation is independent of mass!

The traditional view versus an innovative and pragmatic interpretation of gravitation

We may interpret gravitation in two differing ways:
  • Force: Gravitation is force of gravity, which is the pressure we feel under our feet when standing up.
  • Motion: Gravitation is free fall or motion: gravitation is evidenced through the falling of objects on earth.

Gravitation is exclusively a force, and not at all motion, in physics

Physics interpretation of gravitation is exclusively based on the force of gravity.
The above force of gravity is the only real entity; Newton's force of gravity then makes the apple fall.
Whether due to gravitation or not, motion is not physical, inert mass and forces only are physical in physics.
Einstein even stated that while falling of the roof, because he feels no force, a roofer is not accelerated, that is not moving!
Obviously it is the force of gravity, which is physical in physics, motion on the other hand, is elusive not to say fictitious in physics' interpretation of reality.

Gravitation is exclusively motion, and not at all a force, in gravimotion

Even though obvious to anyone's observation, no scientist ever mentioned this interpretation of gravitation; and even though obvious, such interpretation requires now a mental U-turn!
Now gravitation is motion and force is abolished.
Gravitation's motion aspect, is succinctly introduced below.

In gravimotion's interpretation of Nature, motion in its most basic format, is represented with a simple geometrical illustration, labeled motion-volume.
Then the dynamic formats of all motions mentioned next, are designed out of the basic motion-volume in various combinations and orientations.
In gravimotion’s interpretation of Nature, space is essentially Brownian motion, similar to the motion of hot air molecules but without the molecules.
Then the gravitation surrounding any material object is a specific, local yet dynamic format of that Brownian motion.
It turns out that gravitation's own motion format (the equivalent of physics gravitational field) maintains an object at rest provided that object is far remote from any other gravitational motion format (any other gravitational field); that is definitely not the case in physics; in physics inertia and not gravitation maintains an object at rest.
When-and-where 2 gravitational motion formats overlap they interfere; the interference amounts to a new dynamic format that of gravimotion the very motion of the objects involved.

Forces do no longer exist! Only motion makes the apple fall and restricted motion makes you feel the sensation you have under your feet.
Asserting motion is physical and force fictitious is in direct conflict with physics stand that force is physical and motion is relative or nonphysical.
Denying force is also denying the cause of motion, and stating motion is the cause of itself, amounts to divorce physics’ fundamental tenets.

Please note that this unheard-of description of gravitation doesn't require our mental concept of mass either!
Note also that light waves may now ride space's chaotic Brownian motion, just as sound waves ride the motion of air molecules.

While physics mathematics is faultless, physics departing point or physics' basic assumptions may be chosen differently!

Physics' starting point is based on tradition and beliefs.
As shown next, gravimotion's starting point is much more pragmatic.
  1. Physics basic assumptions
    Both Newton and Einstein interpretations of gravitation are based on at least 3 traditional assumptions:
    1. The mass of any material body generates both Newton's gravitation force and Einstein's space-time curvature.
    2. As a consequence, both Newton's gravitation force and Einstein's curvature have no effect on the mass that engenders them.
    3. Finally both Newton's gravitation force and Einstein's space-time curvature have a direct effect on all body masses of the universe but their own.
      Earth's force of gravity or space-time curvature detaches the mass of Newton's apple from the tree and makes it hit his head!
      Yet the apple's own mass also creates its gravitational force that in reverse compels earth and Newton's head to move toward the apple.
      No matter how negligible the apple's mass with respect to earth's mass, in reality just as in physics, a very small motion of earth and of Newton sitting on it, is nevertheless occurring toward the apple!
  2. Gravimotion basic assumptions
    Gravimotion departing point is the antidote to physics starting ideas in two drastic ways:
    • It emphasizes visible motion at the expense of invisible force.
    • And that motion instead of being generated by mass, as is the force of gravity in physics, comes right out of space!
    The phenomenon of gravitation is instead based on the following assumptions:
    1. Gravitation is simply motion that comes right out of space, and just as we human witness it while an object is in free fall.
      In this new interpretation gravitation is not the effect of mass as in physics.
      The assumption that gravitation’s origin is space, and not mass, is in direct conflict with physics interpretation item 1 above.
    2. Gravitation affects specifically the matter it is directed to and when turned into gravimotion becomes that matter's very motion.
      The assumption that gravitation turned into gravimotion moves the matter it is directed to, is in direct conflict with physics interpretation item 2 above, in which gravitation has no action on the very matter that engenders it.
    3. Earth’s surrounding gravitation's-motion format (physics' gravitational field) interacts with the apple’s own gravitational motion format and not with the apple's mass as in physics.
      Here too, the assumption that gravitation acts on gravitation and not on mass is in direct conflict with physics basic assumption item 3 above, in which force of gravity affects mass and not gravity!
  3. What mental U-turn?
    To mingle with gravimotion idea, your mind has to make a U-turn that has a departure and an arrival:
    • Start the mental U-turn by thinking that earth's force of gravity instead of coming out of earth's matter, is coming right out the space surrounding earth.
      Now, instead of having no effect on earth's very own matter, the force of gravity, turned into gravimotion, acts primarily on it, just as its direction suggests!
    • Then your mind's U-turn involves replacing that force of gravity by motion, just as you see it in the real world!
    There is nothing to understand!
    Amazingly, the most difficult is to get rid of physics' un-understandable and un-imaginable interpretation!
    If that can help, just think what you see: while falling, an object is simply moving toward the ground.

The goal of gravimotion

For the record, gravimotion's interpretation of gravitation, doesn't contest physics mathematics accuracy!
The goal of gravimotion is not to create controversy; the goal of gravimotion is to bring into the open the physical consistency that permeates physics mathematics.

There is much more to gravimotion's interpretation of Nature!

Electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic waves are also dynamically represented using gravimotion's basic motion-volume.
Even matter's core, the subatomic particles are represented with motion-volumes.
Gravimotion is innovative, revolutionary and makes sense!
As another example the present moment, in gravimotion interpretation of Nature, occurs under the dynamic format of motion-volumes!

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