Welcome on Der Primer!

This page is about the forgotten and unsolved problems in physics. If you also think that current physics is stuck in a dead end and many fundamental questions are left unanswered; and that physics is about understanding how things work instead of just solving equations and describe the measurements, then you've come to the right place.

Many of physics current issues stem from old unsolved issues in the classical theories, which are carried over to the modern theories that build up on them, or generalize them. Like for example the unknown origin of inertia, which is already present in Newtonian physics or the infinite self energies, which already are a problem in classical electrodynamics. We want to explore here such fundamental problems aswell as the remarkable consequences their answers have for theoretical physics. We're particularily interested in fundamental theoretical questions like the origin of Quantum mechanics, relativistic effects such as length contraction or time dilation, or the equivalence principle; the strength of gravity, the De Broglie relations or the structure of elementary particles. As a guiding line we use the dimensional constants of nature, each of which stands for an unexplained phenomenon in physics.

We will not stop from pushing beyond established theories and point out their shortcomings. However, we don't just want to criticize, but are interested in concrete solutions. Especially, we also want to draw attention to more unknown work and theories of other authors like H.J. Treder and L. De Broglie who have made great contributions to solutions to above mentioned questions and are to my opinion the two greatest physicists of the last century.