See All Buying Options
Added to

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Mark McCutcheon
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy (Second Edition) Paperback – February 10, 2010

by Mark McCutcheon (Author)
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 118 ratings
See all formats and editions
Our search for ultimate understanding -- the Theory of Everything -- has long been the quest of such great scientists as Aristotle, Newton, Einstein, Hawking and many others, and is expected to transform science, providing clarity and understanding that is unknown today, ideally via one single overlooked principle in nature. So far, this quest has produced theories such as Special Relativity, General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, and such recent proposals as "Dark Matter" and "Dark Energy" in cosmology. Yet, these all suffer serious internal problems and compatibility issues with each other, introducing even more questions, mysteries and paradoxes -- and often even violations of our laws of physics upon closer examination. As a result, the Theory of Everything continues to elude us, leaving a fractured and divided scientific community with no clear direction forward.

The Final Theory shows why this is occurring, exposing centuries of well-intentioned but ultimately misguided scientific thought, and showing that the various known energy phenomena around us are actually the manifestation of a single unifying scientific principle that we have overlooked or misunderstood for centuries. This new principle explains and unites all known phenomena, such as gravity, light, electricity, magnetism and atomic structure, replacing many of today's theories and beliefs with this single scientific principle -- a true candidate for the final Theory of Everything that demystifies and explains our world!


New in the 2010 edition:

  • 25% new and extended material
  • Analysis of the logical fallacies behind many of our current theories and beliefs
  • Simple experiments exposing current flaws and supporting the new principle
  • Important new sections on General Relativity, the Crisis in Cosmology and more

A critically important account of the state of today's science, and the next likely way forward.

Previous slide of product details
  1. Print length
    466 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Universal Publishers
  4. Publication date
    February 10, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.94 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1599428660
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1599428666
  8. See all details
Next slide of product details

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Universal Publishers; 2nd edition (February 10, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 466 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1599428660
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1599428666
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.94 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 118 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Mark McCutcheon

Mark McCutcheon

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Mark McCutcheon holds a combined Electrical Engineering / Physics degree including advanced courses in Quantum Mechanics, Special Relativity and Nuclear Physics, and has worked with various research and development teams in both the telecom industry and in basic science research at several university physics labs.

Despite a conventional scientific education and career, and a passion for science, Mr. McCutcheon has always remained keenly aware that there are many unsolved mysteries, unanswered questions and unresolved paradoxes in today's scientific beliefs. As such, he was well prepared for the inspiration that led to the groundbreaking new scientific paradigm presented in his best-selling science book, The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy.

Customer reviews

3.5 out of 5 stars
118 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Customers say

Customers find the book interesting and readable. However, opinions differ on comprehension. Some find the author clear and logical, explaining clearly and making the work easy to understand. Others feel some questions are poorly answered and based on lack of understanding.

AI-generated from the text of customer reviews

Select to learn more
ReadabilityComprehension
4 customers mention "Readability"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book interesting and readable.

"...doubt that anything will become of Expansion Theory, but it's a fascinating read nonetheless. Please let me know what you think!..." Read more

"What an absolutely mind-bending book. You can believe what you like, but this book will give you a totally different perspective on physics...." Read more

"...The author makes this work easy, comprehensible reading. The book is flat interesting for a good re-read!" Read more

"Fun read, looney theory." Read more

14 customers mention "Comprehension"9 positive5 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's comprehension. Some find it clear and logical, with balanced solutions that exercise readers' critical faculties. Others mention questions are poorly answered and based on lack of understanding, with questionable answers and mathematical issues.

"...I bought and reread the 2nd edition back in 2010. Very thought provoking material...." Read more

"...The author is actually a very clear and logical thinker who fully and clearly explains everything he postulates with logic and it all rings true to..." Read more

"...The questions are poorly answered and are obviously based on a lack of understanding. McCutcheon obviously needs more research...." Read more

"...brings up the issues from different points of view making it easy for the reader to finally understand the issues...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • Aaron Williams
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mark McCutcheon's a genius!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2005
    Verified Purchase
    ---Update (2014-07-06)---
    Whoa!!! I can't believe how excited I was about this book when I first read it nine years ago (see my original review below). I suppose it was my first time reading a proposed Theory of Everything, and I found the ideas and thought experiments so exhilarating that I was jumping up and down like a small child high on sugar. The amount of exploration and learning that I've done in the past 9 years makes the me from 9 years ago look like a naive fool, and I'm not too proud to admit that. I still think that Mark McCutcheon is a brilliant thinker and that his ideas are thought-provoking, but I've since become accustomed to thinking more critically than I did in the past; I seriously doubt that anything will become of Expansion Theory, but it's a fascinating read nonetheless. Please let me know what you think!

    By the way, if you are seeking plausible TOEs, then you should check out Thad Roberts' take on quantum space theory. His book has not been published yet, but you might be able to obtain a digital copy of his most recent draft if you check his website. I think he's on the right track, and his ideas are built on scientific groundwork that has been laid by many of the greatest scientists of the past 150 years. And he gives them all credit. In fact, his book is titled, "Einstein's Intuition."

    ---Original Review (2005-08-03)---
    The Final Theory is hands down one of the greatest physics books I've ever read. It is so refreshing to see that someone is still searching for the truth, rather than accepting the erroneous theories that are popular today as absolute. I've read several books on relativity, quantum physics, string theory, etc; and these finely tuned theories do a pretty good job of describing our observations, but they leave so many unanswered questions (and create quite a few) that it's almost more difficult to understand the universe now than it was a century ago.

    I love how Mark McCutcheon breaks down current Standard Theory to reveal its flaws and inconsistencies; and the need for something better is extremely evident by the end of chapter 1. The thorough critique of current standard theories alone is enough to make the book worth it, but no one who totally rejects an idea should do so without offering a new idea of their own; and McCutcheon's new idea just might change history!

    I don't know if Mark McCutcheon has truly found the Theory of Everything (I'll let you decided that for yourself), but it makes more sense than anything else I've ever encountered. And no matter how hard I try, I can't disprove it in my own mind. Can you?
    373 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Ivan Bok
    1.0 out of 5 stars Logical reasoning imediately proves the theory wrong
    Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2010
    Verified Purchase
    I bought this book thinking that it would be, as advertised, an advancement beyond Newton and Einstein. At the very least, I expected a logical theory that cannot be yet disproved.

    However, the book was an utter letdown. The 'theory' in the book is known as expansion theory. To keep the long story short, expansion theory is based on the idea that gravity is the byproduct of universal atomic expansion (i.e. a ball is seen to drop as the Earth expands, 'hitting' the ball and giving the 'illusion' of gravity). Since all atoms expand at the same rate, we do not see objects actually expanding.

    Logical reasoning would then, however, show that this idea is based on a rather major fallacy. Imaging a hollow sphere the size of the Earth. If expansion theory were true, we would expect the Earth and the hollow sphere to expand at the same rate in order to maintain the 1:1 ratio of sizes. This would mean, however, that the hollow sphere and the Earth would exert a similar gravitational field. We know that this obviously isn't true, since the hollow sphere has little mass and exerts a miniscule gravitational field as compared to the Earth.

    At the back of the book lies a series of questions about well-established physical theories. The questions are poorly answered and are obviously based on a lack of understanding. McCutcheon obviously needs more research.

    If you're going to spend 27 bucks on this book, I suggest you save your money and use it for something else.
    27 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • OHYN
    5.0 out of 5 stars Modeling versus understanding...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2006
    Verified Purchase
    How does one begin? In one Scientific American edition in 2005, the author of an article wrote about modeling black holes using sound and fluid in the laboratory.. It was impressive and even from the perspective of laity such as I am, it seemed quite doable. If this takes off, scientists can finally model black holes-without ever coming close to one. The point: modeling-even when successful (or more accurately, useful)-does not equate to understanding or knowledge of a subject. That is one significant take from McCutcheon's the Final Theory. But, there are more.

    I was shocked and impressed when I read a version of Einstein's statement that for all intents and purposes, forces experienced riding the elevator = Gravity (or something to that effect), finally making tangible the esoteric and intangible Gravity. He used the elevator-dynamics (acceleration / deceleration) to model Gravity. Why did Einstein then, as far as Gravity is concerned, "get off the elevator" as it were? Was this perhaps the "greatest mistake" of his life? The Final Theory says that he was indeed on to something with the elevator paradigm, but he took a sharp left at some point, leaving it up to a "young'un" to connect the elevator effect with the Ultimate Elevator-"Expansion."

    I used to shake my head in wonderment and in awe each time I came across the story that Isaac Newton, in order to complete his seminal work on Motion, "invented Calculus." What kind of Demigod lived among us-one who could cull Calculus out of thin air and make Motion match its rules, with the added bonus of crowning it the crux of Math (and the scourge of college students)? After reading The Final Theory, things now make a lot of sense: Newton could invent any model, any mathematical model, (even involving new branches of Math) in order to explain-satisfactorily, too-anything he really wanted-even a Scientific subject. Newton was more into the business of inventions than into "understanding." So while Einstein used "Mind experiments," Newton specialized in "Math experiments." Very effectively too, for both. Nevertheless, there remained and still remain gaps and inconsistencies-until "Expansion."

    Little wonder that Mathematicians say that if there is God, He must be a Mathematician. Because, we have been spoiled by being able to find or invent a mathematical model for almost everything of importance to us-and for the most part, it works. Our contemporary Science is Math-model driven. The Final Theory says: Math-model is not equal to real understanding of what is being modeled. In fact, it is limited in that sense.

    One would like to see "the Final Theory" turned into a curriculum so that it can be put through the rigors of science as an explanatory and interpretative framework for phenomena, leading to practicable applications in things dear to the heart of ever-curious humanity. Or, find its flaws and gaps and inconsistencies, and in so doing validate it as either one more incomplete Model or the real foundation and essence of knowing.

    Finally, some posers:

    1. We have not "met" other "intelligent" life not so much because they are carbon- or non-carbon-based, as much as for the fact that they took the path of "Expansion" while we struggle along on the road of "Gravity-as-a-force," in which case, our different Models keep us apart?

    2. Science, Religion, Traditional Lore: is each at once the tool, means and the way, hence a model, of one or the other of the proverbial 6 blind men describing the elephant which he feels, where each is correct, in his own right and yet wrong?

    Modeling is effective and successful, but is not equal to real understanding. I appreciate McCutcheon for reminding us all of that. The Final Theory succeeds in leading us to the heart of understanding and knowing.

    Oguchi Nkwocha, MD

    California, USA.
    15 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
  • D. C. Clarke
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Final Theory
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2008
    Verified Purchase
    I was intrigued by the title of this book, so I purchased it,and I would say that it is probably the most important book I have ever read.Do get it, and read it with an open mind. Be prepared to reconsider everything you have learned about physics. There is a lot to take in (over 400 pages), but it is actually hard to put down. I just wanted to keep reading it, as one thing after another is questioned and then explained. There is an underlying principle, which I will not divulge. You must read it for yourself, and you will not be disappointed. I will need to re-read various explanations, as there is a lot to absorb. The explanations are definitely not overly technical, and even the maths is fairly straightforward for the average reader. Just to get you going, think about this: A man in a centrifuge gets pressed down in his seat, as he 'orbits' the centre. Does a man in a space shuttle feel the same as he orbits the earth? No, but why the difference? Read the book! One more thing. Black holes: so massive that no light can escape. Think about it.... a black hole is a dead star. It doesn't have any light to give out.
    Well done Marc, for propounding this theory. P.S. I think Einstein once said: if the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. He did. Marc didn't
    Report
  • ジョジョ
    4.0 out of 5 stars 確かに「最終理論」かも...
    Reviewed in Japan on June 17, 2005
    Verified Purchase
    ニュートンとアインシュタインが席巻していた物理理論を真っ向から否定するとともに、宇宙から微粒子までを包括する統一理論を純粋に幾何学的に解明した本書は、まさに必読の書。長い間ナゾとされていた「重力」など、四つの力の正体が今解き明かされる。「街のシロウト科学者が書いただけ」とバカにできない充実した内容です。
    Report
  • Dwight Campbell
    1.0 out of 5 stars Talk about junk theory...
    Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2016
    Verified Purchase
    Wish I could give it a negative 5. Waste of money. It might make a good fire starter.
    Report
  • Mr. Roland Michel Tremblay
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is the only book you ever need to read before you die
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2012
    Verified Purchase
    This is the only book of physics that is worth reading in the world. If you do not read it, you will die ignorant of what this world was all about. The Final Theory is my new Bible. I will go back to study Physics in any university the day Expansion Theory is taught there. Do a search on my name, I have written the only articles worldwide that can give you any idea about what this is about. You do not need to listen to people who did not read it or felt threatened by it for some reason, it is hard to let go of what you've been taught all your life. It is about time we get on with the only existing Theory of Everything, The Final Theory.

    This is it, after this book, you won't feel the need to read any other book about Physics, because they all need to be rewritten.

    This is the only book you need to read now. Drop everything, stop your life, you must finish reading this. You will never see the world the same way again.
    Report
  • Ken Hughes
    2.0 out of 5 stars Two stars for effort, zero for the main idea
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2009
    Verified Purchase
    I bought this book with a certain amount of excitement and anticipation, hoping to find some progress toward the development of a Final Theory, unifying gravity with the other three forces in nature. The first half of the book held me in suspense as Mr. McCutcheon listed and exposed some of the deficiencies in present day science, (which, nonetheless are clearly understood by the scientific community). My hopes were dashed however, as soon as the proposed expansion theory was presented. It was immediately obvious to me that the geometry simply does not work and that space itself would also need to expand to allow any sense to the argument and the idea of "nothing" expanding does not seem to me to have merit.
    In addition, I think Mark has been too ambitious and perhaps a little arrogant in trying to explain all the affected scientific fields, but he has obviously put in a great deal of work in his attempt. Perhaps, when trying to get a new idea accepted, it might have been better to address the closely related science and let experts in the other fields check and verify or not, as the case may be. Just put the coconut on the sty and everyone, `sure as hell, will throw something at it. `Or was Mark more interested in selling books than getting his idea accepted?
    Report