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	Stephen Crothers is an Australian ~~Scientist whose best~~ known for his mathematical and philosophical ~~refutations~~ of [[black holes]] ~~and~~ the [[big bang]]. He travels ~~the world publishing~~ papers and ~~giving~~ lectures ~~about his findings~~.		'''Stephen John Crothers''' (born 14 June 1957) is an Australian independent researcher known for his mathematical and philosophical criticisms of the theory of [[black holes]], the [[big bang]], and aspects of Einstein's [[General Relativity]]. He argues that black holes are neither predicted by nor consistent with general relativity, and that the expanding-universe cosmology is mistaken. He travels internationally to publish papers and deliver lectures on these views, which are rejected by mainstream physics.

	==~~From Crothers~~==		==Biography==
	~~From the author's webpage:~~		Crothers holds a Master of Science degree and describes himself as an independent researcher in theoretical astrophysics. He resides in Queensland, Australia.

	In about March 2003 ~~I formally~~ commenced part-time candidature for ~~the~~ PhD in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney~~, Australia~~, under the supervision of Professor John K. Webb~~. The support supervisor was~~ Professor Michael Ashley. I was initially engaged in ~~the development of~~ a computer simulation program ~~in relation~~ to ~~Extra~~-~~Solar Planets~~.		In about March 2003 he commenced part-time candidature for a PhD in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, under the supervision of Professor John K. Webb, with Professor Michael Ashley as support supervisor. He was initially engaged in developing a computer simulation program relating to extra-solar planets. About a year later he began working on general relativity as a sideline, and reported that he had obtained a result which he claimed showed black holes to be inconsistent with general relativity. Crothers states that he was subsequently expelled from candidature by UNSW, an account he documents on his personal website.

	~~About a year later I began work on General Relativity as a sideline~~. ~~After a few months I came up with~~ a ~~result that proved black holes inconsistent~~ with ~~General Relativity. I presented this to Professor Webb. He was initially enthusiastic~~, and ~~even arranged for me to deliver a lecture to~~ his ~~undergraduate General Relativity class. Before my informing him, Webb had never heard of Schwarzschild~~'~~s original solution~~.		Crothers has cited among his intellectual influences Isaac Newton, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Michael Faraday. He is a frequent speaker at conferences associated with the Electric Universe / Thunderbolts community, and much of his written output has appeared in the journal ''Progress in Physics'' and on preprint and personal-website venues.

	~~Read~~ the ~~entire story~~ of ~~my explusion from UNSW at:~~ [~~http://www~~.~~sjcrothers~~.~~plasmaresources.com/PhD.html http://www~~.~~sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/PhD.html]~~		==Scientific contributions==
			Crothers's work centres on the interpretation of the [[Schwarzschild solution]] of Einstein's field equations. He argues that the solution commonly attributed to Karl Schwarzschild is in fact a later form derived by David Hilbert and Johannes Droste, and he maintains that neither Schwarzschild's original solution nor Droste's solution contains a black hole. On this basis he contends that "the black hole has no foundation in theory whatsoever," asserting that neither Newton's nor Einstein's theory of gravitation predicts such objects.

	Sgt A* has ~~been carefully studied by~~ the astronomers Gillessen, Genzel and ~~Eisenhaur,~~ of the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics~~, and they too have proposed a black hole there. However, in correspondence with them (Gillessen their spokesman), they admitted to me, in writing,~~ that ~~not only did they not find a~~ black hole at ~~Sgt~~ A*, but that nobody has ever found a black hole anywhere, contrary to the claims for black holes having been found all over the place. I made their admissions public here: [http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/Gillessen.html www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/Gillessen.~~html]~~		He has similarly challenged the mathematical consistency of Big Bang cosmology, disputing the claim that the universe is expanding, and has criticised the theoretical basis for gravitational waves. He further reports that, in correspondence, astronomers Stefan Gillessen, Reinhard Genzel, and Frank Eisenhauer of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics acknowledged that no black hole had been directly observed at Sagittarius A*.

	~~==Links==~~		Crothers's claims are rejected by the mainstream physics community. His arguments have not been accepted through the standard peer-review process, and his conclusions—that black holes do not exist and that the universe is not expanding—contradict the substantial body of observational and theoretical evidence supporting general relativity, black holes, and Big Bang cosmology. Critics note that his output has appeared primarily on his own website, in preprint repositories, and in non-mainstream journals rather than in established physics literature.
	~~[Homepage: http://www~~.~~sjcrothers~~.~~plasmaresources~~.~~com]~~

	==Abstracts==		==Abstracts==
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	* 2008 - "[[On Certain Conceptual Anomalies in Einstein's Theory of Relativity]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2008/PP-12-11.PDF Read in full])		* 2008 - "[[On Certain Conceptual Anomalies in Einstein's Theory of Relativity]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2008/PP-12-11.PDF Read in full])
	* 2008 - "[[On Theoretical Contradictions and Physical Misconceptions in the General Theory of Relativity]]" ([http://www.physicsfoundations.org/PIRT_XI/papers/CROTHERS%20PAPER%202008.pdf Read in full])		* 2008 - "[[On Theoretical Contradictions and Physical Misconceptions in the General Theory of Relativity]]" ([http://www.physicsfoundations.org/PIRT_XI/papers/CROTHERS%20PAPER%202008.pdf Read in full])
	* 2007 - "[[The Big Bang in Controversy]]"		* 2007 - "[[The Big Bang in Controversy]]"
	* 2007 - "[[Gravitation on a Spherically Symmetric Metric Manifold]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2007/PP-09-14.PDF Read in full])		* 2007 - "[[Gravitation on a Spherically Symmetric Metric Manifold]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2007/PP-09-14.PDF Read in full])
	* 2007 - "[[On Line-Elements and Radii: A Correction]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2007/PP-09-04.PDF Read in full])		* 2007 - "[[On Line-Elements and Radii: A Correction]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2007/PP-09-04.PDF Read in full])
	* 2007 - "[[Relativistic Cosmology Revisited ]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2007/PP-09-05.PDF Read in full])		* 2007 - "[[Relativistic Cosmology Revisited ]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2007/PP-09-05.PDF Read in full])
	* 2007 - "[[On the "Size" of Einstein's Universe ]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2007/PP-11-10.PDF Read in full])		* 2007 - "[[On the "Size" of Einstein's Universe ]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2007/PP-11-10.PDF Read in full])
	* 2006 - "[[A Brief History of Black Holes]]"		* 2006 - "[[A Brief History of Black Holes]]"
	* 2006 - "[[On Isotropic Coordinates and Einstein's Gravitational Field]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2006/PP-06-02.PDF Read in full])		* 2006 - "[[On Isotropic Coordinates and Einstein's Gravitational Field]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2006/PP-06-02.PDF Read in full])
	* 2006 - "[[Planck Particles and Quantum Gravity ]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2006/PP-06-13.PDF Read in full])		* 2006 - "[[Planck Particles and Quantum Gravity ]]" ([http://ptep-online.com/index_files/2006/PP-06-13.PDF Read in full])
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	* 2009 - [http://www.worldsci.org/videos/dimdim/event_169_dimdim.flv The Schwarzschild Solution and its Implications for Gravitational Waves] (Video Lecture)		* 2009 - [http://www.worldsci.org/videos/dimdim/event_169_dimdim.flv The Schwarzschild Solution and its Implications for Gravitational Waves] (Video Lecture)

			==External links==
			* [http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com Official homepage]
			* [http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/PhD.html Crothers's account of his UNSW PhD candidature]
			* [http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/Gillessen.html Crothers on correspondence regarding Sagittarius A*]

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			Stephen Crothers is an Australian Scientist whose best known for his mathematical and philosophical refutations of [[black holes]] and the [[big bang]]. He travels the world publishing papers and giving lectures about his findings.

			==From Crothers==
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	Sgt A* has been carefully studied by the astronomers Gillessen, Genzel and Eisenhaur, of the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics, and they too have proposed a black hole there. However, in correspondence with them (Gillessen their spokesman), they admitted to me, in writing, that not only did they not find a black hole at Sgt A*, but that nobody has ever found a black hole anywhere, contrary to the claims for black holes having been found all over the place. I made their admissions public here: [http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/Gillessen.html www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/Gillessen.html]		Sgt A* has been carefully studied by the astronomers Gillessen, Genzel and Eisenhaur, of the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics, and they too have proposed a black hole there. However, in correspondence with them (Gillessen their spokesman), they admitted to me, in writing, that not only did they not find a black hole at Sgt A*, but that nobody has ever found a black hole anywhere, contrary to the claims for black holes having been found all over the place. I made their admissions public here: [http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/Gillessen.html www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/Gillessen.html]

			==Links==
			[Homepage: http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com]

	==Abstracts==		==Abstracts==

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	* 2009 - [http://www.worldsci.org/videos/dimdim/event_169_dimdim.flv The Schwarzschild Solution and its Implications for Gravitational Waves] (Video Lecture)		* 2009 - [http://www.worldsci.org/videos/dimdim/event_169_dimdim.flv The Schwarzschild Solution and its Implications for Gravitational Waves] (Video Lecture)

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