Harold Aspden (b. 1927) is a retired British author, theoretical physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor from Southampton, Hampshire, England. He is an outspoken critic of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and has proposed a whole new concept of Physics based on a dynamic Aether fluid crystal structure permeating all space: the energy source that regulates quantum activity, constantly framing our whole physical universe, and that accounts for the creation of matter.
He is the author of a number of books, most notably Physics without Einstein (1969; 2005), The Physics of Creation (2003) and Creation: The Physical Truth (2006). He is also author of a number of papers published in notable peer-review journals (Journal of Applied Physics [1952], Lettere al Nuovo Cimento [Europhysics Letters], Physics Today, etc.) and in alternative non-mainstream journals (Hadronic Journal, Physics Essays, etc.).
His academic career was conducted at the following institutions: Manchester (B.Sc., 1945-1948), Trinity College, Cambridge (Ph.D., 1950-1953) and Southampton (Visiting Senior Research Fellow, 1983-1992). He was the director in charge of IBM's European Patent Operations from 1963 to 1983. He is also member of the British Institute of Physics.
[7] ... 'Electrodynamic Anomalies in Arc Discharge Phenomena', IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, PS-5, 159-163 (1977).
[8] ... 'Energy Correlation Formula Applied to Psi Particles', Speculations in Science and Technology, 1, 59-63 (1978).
[9] ... 'Crystal Symmetry and Ferromagnetism', Speculations in Science and Technology, 1, 281-288 (1978).
[10] .. 'G Fluctuations and Planetary Orbits', Catastrophist Geology, 3-2, 1-2 (December 1978).
[11] .. 'Ion Accelerators and Energy Transfer Processes', U.K. Patent Specification No. 2,002,953A (Published 28 February 1979).
[12] .. 'The Spatial Energy Distribution for Coulomb Interaction', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 25, 456-458 (1979).
[13] .. 'Energy Correlation of Radiative Decays of Psi(3684)', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 26, 257-260 (1979).
[14] .. [Jointly with D. M. Eagles], 'The Spatial Distribution of the Interaction Contribution to the Magnetic-Field Energy Associated with Two Moving Charges', Acta Physica Polonica, A57, 473-482 (1980).
[15] .. 'The Inverse-Square Law of Force and its Spatial Energy Distribution', J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 13, 3649-3655 (1980).
[16] .. 'Speculations in General Plus Some of My Own', Speculations in Science and Technology, 3, 114-116 (1980).
[17] .. 'UFOs and the Cosmic Connection', Energy Unlimited, 8, 37-40 (1980).
[18] .. 'A Theory of Neutron Lifetime', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 31, 383-384 (1981).
[19] .. 'Atmospheric Electric Field Induction', Speculations in Science and Technology, 4, 314-316 (1981).'
[20] .. 'The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Electron', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 32, 114-116 (1981).
[21] .. 'Electron Form and Anomalous Energy Radiation', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 33, 213-216 (1982).
[22] .. 'A Theory of Pion Lifetime', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 33, 237-239 (1982).
[23] .. 'The Correlation of the Anomalous g-Factors of the Electron and Muon', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 33, 481-484 (1982).
[24] .. 'Mirror Reflection Effects in Light Speed Anisotropy Tests', Speculations in Science and Technology, 5, 421-431 (1982).
[25] .. 'Charge Induction by Thermal Radiation', Journal of Electrostatics, 13, 71-80 (1982).
[26] .. 'The Aether - an Assessment', Wireless World, 88, 37-39 (October 1982).
[27] .. 'Relativity and Rotation', Speculations in Science and Technology, 6, 199-202 (1983).
[28] .. 'The Lamb Shift for a Cavity-Resonant Electron', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 36, 364-368 (1983).
[29] .. 'The Thunderball - an Electrostatic Phenomenon', Institute of Physics Conference Series No. 66: Electrostatics 1983, pp. 179-184.
[30] .. 'The Determination of Absolute Gravitational Potential', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 37, 169-172 (1983).
[31] .. 'The Nature of the Muon', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 37, 210-214 (1983).
[32] .. 'Theoretical Resonances for Particle-Antiparticle Collisions based on the Thomson Electron Model', 37, 307-311 (1983).
[33] .. 'Meson Lifetime Dilation as a Test for Special Relativity', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 38 206-210 (1983).
[34] .. 'Planar Boundaries of the Space-Time Lattice', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 38, 243-246 (1983).
[35] .. 'The Mass of the Muon', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 38, 342-345 (1983).
[36] .. 'The Assessment of a Theory for the Proton-Electron Mass Ratio', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 38, 423-426 (1983).
[37] .. 'The Scope for First-Order Tests of the Light Speed Anisotropy', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 38, 568572 (1983).
[38] .. 'The Finite Lifetime of the Electron', Speculations in Science and Technology, 7, 3-6 (1984).
[39] .. 'Electromagnetic Reaction Paradox', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 39, 247-251 (1984).
[40] .. 'The Muon g-Factor by Cavity Resonance Theory', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 39, 271-275 (1984).
[41] .. 'Boson Creation in a Sub-Quantum Lattice', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 40, 53-57 (1984).
[42] .. 'The Steady-State Free-Electron Population of Free Space', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 41, 252-256 (1984).
[43] .. 'Don't Forget Thomson', Physics Today, 15 (November 1984).
[44] .. 'The Nature of the Pion', Speculations in Science and Technology, 8, 235-239 (1985).
[45] .. 'The Maxwell-Fechner Hypothesis as an Alternative to Einstein's Theory, Speculations in Science and Technology, 8, 283-289 (1985).
[46] .. 'Unification of Gravitational and Electrodynamic Potential based on Classical Action-at-a-Distance Theory', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 44, 689-693 (1985)
[47] .. 'The Paradox of Constant Planetary Mass as Evidence of a Leptonic Lattice-Structured Vacuum State', Lettere al Nuovo Cimento, 44, 705-709 (1985).
[48] .. 'The Exploding Wire Phenomenon', Physics Letters, 107A, 238-240 (1985).
[49] .. 'A New Perspective on the Law of Electrodynamics', Physics Letters, 111A, 22-24 (1985).
[50] .. 'Theoretical Evaluation of the Fine Structure Constant', Physics Letters, 110A, 113-115 (1985).
[51] .. 'The Proton Enigma', American Journal of Physics, 53, 938 (1985).
[52] .. 'More on Thomson's Particles', Americal Journal of Physics, 53, 616 (1985).
[53] .. 'Weak Violation - a New Concept in Relativity?', Nature, 318, 317-318 (1985).
[54] .. 'Earnshaw's Theorem', Nature, 319, 8 (1986).
[55] .. 'Anomalous Electrodynamic Explosions in Liquids', IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, PS-14, 282-285 (1986).
[56] .. 'How to Test Special Relativity', Nature, 321, 734 (1986).
[57] .. 'Classical Relativity', Nature, 320, 10 (1986).
[58] .. 'Electron Self-Field Interaction and Internal Resonance, Physics Letters, 119A, 109-111 (1986).
[59] .. 'The Mystery of Mercury's Perihelion', The Toth-Maatian Review, 5, 2475-2481 (1986).
[60] .. 'Flat Space Gravitation', Physics Education, 21, 261-262 (1986).
[61] .. 'Fundamental Constants derived from Two-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillations in an Electrically Structured Vacuum', Speculations in Science and Technology, 9 315-323 (1986).
[62] .. 'The Theoretical Nature of the Neutron and the Deuteron', Hadronic Journal, 9, 129-136 (1986).
[63] .. 'Meson Production based on Thomson Energy Correlation', Hadronic Journal, 9, 137-140 (1986).
[64] .. 'An Empirical Approach to Meson Energy Correlation', Hadronic Journal, 9, 153-157 (1986).
[65] .. 'The Theoretical Nature of the Photon in a Lattice Vacuum', pp. 345-359 in the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Quantum Violations: Bridgeport, Connecticut 23-27 June 1986, published by Plenum in NATO ASI Series B: Physics vol. 162.
[66] .. 'A Causal Theory of Neutron Diffraction', Physics Letters 119A, 105-108 (1986).
[67] .. 'On the Creation of the Sun', The Toth-Maatian Review, 5, 2609-2612 (1986).
[68] .. 'The Case for the Sub-Electron', The Toth-Maatian Review, 5, 2827-2833 (1987).
[69] .. 'Ampere's Law: Comments on a Discussion by Milnes', The Toth-Maatian Review, 6, 2981-2984 (1987).
[70] .. 'Derivation of the Electrodynamic Force Law', The Toth-Maatian Review, 6, 2985-2987 (1987).
[71] .. 'The Exploding Wire Phenomenon as an Inductive Effect', Physics Letters, 120A, 80-82 (1987).
[72] .. 'Earthquake-Related EM Disturbances', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 28, 535-536 (1987).
[73] .. 'A Note on the Silvertooth Experiment', Speculations in Science and Technology, 10, 9-12 (1987).
[74] .. 'Earnshaw's Theorem', American Journal of Physics, 55, 199 (March 1987).
[75] .. 'The Physics of the Missing Atoms: Technetium and Promethium', Hadronic Journal, 10, 167-172 (1987).
[76] .. 'Synchronous Lattice Electrodynamics as an Alternative to Time Dilation', Hadronic Journal, 10, 185-192 (1987).
[77] .. 'Steady State Electrodynamic Induction - A Feature of the General Law of Electrodynamics', Progress in Space-Time Physics 1987, Editor J. P. Wesley, Benjamin Wesley, Blumberg, Germany, pp. 137-155 (1987).
[78] .. 'Tests of Photon Theory in Terms of Precision Measurement', Problems in Quantum Physics; Gdansk '87, (Conference Proceedings), Editors L. Kostro et al., World Scientific, New Jersey, pp. 353-373 (1987).
[79] .. 'EM Wave Interference', American Journal of Physics, 56, 103 (February 1988).
[80] .. 'Ghost Mass and the Unseen Energy World as Revealed by the Anomalies of the Gyroscope', The Toth-Maatian Review, 6, 165-3171 (1987).
[81] .. 'Instantaneous Electrodynamic Potential with Retarded Energy Transfer', Hadronic Journal, 11, 307-313 (1988).
[82] .. 'The Theory of the Proton Constants', Hadronic Journal, 11, 169-176 (1988).
[83] .. 'A Theory of Proton Creation', Physics Essays, 1, 72-76 (1988).
[84] .. 'Do We Really Understand Magnetism?', Magnets, 1, 19-24 (1988).
[85] .. 'The Vacuum as our Future Source of Energy', Magnets, 3(8), 15-18 (1988).
[86] .. 'A Modern Test for the Ether?', Physics Today, 41, p. 132 (March, 1988).
[87] .. 'The Proton Factor and its Unknown Effects', The Toth-Maatian Review, 7, 3725-3734 (October 1988).
[88] .. 'Anti-Gravity Electronics', Electronics & Wireless World, 29-31 (January 1989).
[89] .. 'Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation and Biological Effects', Speculations in Science and Technology, 12, 17-20 (1989).
[90] .. 'Conservative Hadron Interactions Exemplified by the Creation of the Kaon', Hadronic Journal, 12, 101-108 (1989).
[91] .. 'The Theory of the Gravitation Constant', Physics Essays, 2, 173-179 (1989).
[92] .. 'A Theory of Pion Creation', Physics Essays, 2, 360-367 (1989).
[93] .. 'The Supergraviton and its Technological Connection', Speculations in Science and Technology, 12, 179-186 (1989).
[94] .. 'Standing Wave Interferometry', Physics Essays, 3, 39-45 (1990).
[95] .. 'The Harwen Energy Radiation Regenerator', Speculations in Science and Technology, 13 295-299 (1990).
[96] .. 'Maxwell's Demon and the Second Law of Thermodynamics', Nature, 347, 25 (1990).
[97] .. 'Switched Reluctance Motor with Full A.C. Commutation', U.S. Patent 4,975,608 (4th December 1990).
[98] .. 'Thermal Power Device', U.K. Patent Specification 2 239 490A (Published 3rd July 1991).
[99] .. 'The Theory of Antigravity', Physics Essays, 4, 13-19 (1991).
[100] . 'Power Lines, Cancer and Cylotron Resonance', Electronics World and Wireless World, pp. 774-775 (September 1991).
[101] . 'Magnets and Gravity', Magnets, 6(6), 16-22 (1992).
[102] . 'Electricity without Magnetism', Electronics World, 540-542 (1992).
[103] . 'The Law of Perpetual Motion', Physics Education, 28, 202-203 (1993).
[104] . 'The First Law of Thermodynamics', Physics Education, 28, 340-342 (1993).
[105] . 'Retardation in the Coulomb Potential', Physics Essays, 8, 19-28 (1995).
[106] . 'Vacuum Spin as a New Energy Source', Proceedings: International Symposium on New Energy, Denver, Colorado, April, 1996, pp. 1-19.