Brief summary of the concept presented in the book ‘MATTER (Re-examined)’ - 1

1. In the material world, matter is the only real entity. Matter is the substance of all physical entities with objective reality and positive existence in space. There are neither virtual (imaginary) entities nor causeless actions. Matter has no other property except its ability to exist. Because of this, unstructured matter furcates into the smallest quanta of matter, which tend to exist in minimum spatial dimensions. This tendency helps the quanta of matter to form latticework formations in all spatial planes. Latticework structures formed by the quanta of matter in all possible planes, together, form the universal medium that extends to infinity in all directions. A materialistic, universal medium becomes synonymous with an imaginary space. The entire space is filled with quanta of matter in the form of 3D matter-bodies and the structured universal medium. There are no voids in space. Latticework structures formed by rigid quanta of matter provide the universal medium with the properties of a perfect fluid. The universal medium is a self-stabilising, homogeneous and isotopic material structure. The presence of a universal medium that fills the entire space, outside the most basic 3D matter-particles, avoids the assumption of ‘actions at a distance through empty space’. Strain (deformation) in the universal medium due to its structural deformations in and about a body is the work associated with the body. Stress, developed due to the strain in the universal medium about a body, is the energy associated with the body. Hence, energy is present wherever work is present. Energy has no independent existence other than as a shadow of work. Energy has neither form nor structure. It is an imaginary entity that is measured in terms of units of work, which is a real entity. The assumption of energy helps us assign a cause to an action where no logical cause is obvious. All natural phenomena (like motion, actions, ‘natural forces’, electric charges, the creation, sustenance, or destruction of material bodies, etc.) in nature are the results of simple mechanical movements of quanta of matter in the universal medium. The universal medium is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient and perpetual. Structural deformation in the universal medium between two objects superposition to increase or decrease distortion density in the universal medium between them. Transfer of structural deformations in the universal medium from the higher distortion-density region to the lower distortion-density region carries 3D material bodies in space. Increased distortion-density in the universal medium between two objects pushes them away from each other (apparent repulsion). Reduced distortion-density in the universal medium between two objects causes the universal medium on their outer sides to push them toward each other (apparent attraction). The self-stabilising property of the universal medium and the transfer of structural distortions (unless modified) in the universal medium about a body cause the property of inertia by which a body is compelled to maintain its state of motion. Actions in the universal medium take place separately in in each plane and simultaneous actions in all planes passing through a body, together, appears as an action in 3D space. A hypothesis presented in the book ‘MATTER (Re-examined)’ can logically explain all physical phenomena in the universe. https://www.matterdoc.info . Please see the Table of contents of the book ‘MATTER (Re-examined) at https://matterdoc.info/matter/mattoc.pdf Nainan