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 stationary background.

In Full Relativity (FR) the properties of matter, space and time depend on the amount and distribution of surrounding matter.  This simple change yields a much more satisfactory picture of gravity (see Making Sense of Gravity).

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 appears consistent with Quantum Mechanics.
  • It removes the need to posit the existence of dark matter and dark energy.
  • It overcomes the need for the incredibly rapid expansion of the Universe called “Inflation”.
  • It avoids the unphysical singularities and event horizons of black holes.
  • It predicts an increase in clock-rate as the matter of the Universe clumps.
  • It avoids the fine-tuning problem that seemed to be needed to explain why the observed current curvature of the universe is flat.

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 some additional background is needed.

The second aim is to encourage others to take the ideas further.  For example, the theory appears to provide an approximately correct prediction of the mass of the Higgs boson and should eventually lead to predictions of the coupling constants of all particle physics interactions. It also appears to remove the need for “new physics” beyond the Standard Model of particle physics or 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).