World Science Database Home Scientists Abstracts Books Events Journals Experiments Topics Index More Find Login Scientists Interests Profession Websites Notables Countries World Map Recent Memorials Memorial More *Michael E. Gmirkin* /"Mike"/ *View count:* 60 *Gmirkin, Michael E. * (*Easy Link:* http://www.worldsci.org/people/Michael_Gmirkin) Interested Layperson Topics: Electric_Universe Interests: Electric Universe, Astronomy, Physics Nationality: USA *Assumptions:* Electric currents of some description are the sole source of magnetic fields from the atomic scale to the macrocosmic scale. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em/lectures/node35.html "...all steady magnetic fields in the Universe are generated by circulating electric currents of some description." http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em/lectures/node37.html "...steady electric and magnetic fields cannot generate themselves. Instead, they have to be generated by stationary charges and steady currents. So, if we come across a steady electric field we know that if we trace the field-lines back we shall eventually find a charge. Likewise, a steady magnetic field implies that there is a steady current flowing somewhere. All of these results follow from vector field theory (i.e., from the general properties of fields in three-dimensional space), prior to any investigation of electromagnetism." http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wmfield.html "...the magnetic force [is] basically a force between electric currents." "In space, on the Sun and in the Earth's core, electric currents are the only source of magnetism." (2011-06-06 14:40:47) *Related Websites:* Thunderblog Archive *Abstracts Online:* 2011 The Sun-Earth Connection (and Other Considerations) *Event Attendence:* 2011-07-06 18th Natural Philosophy Alliance Conference Conference will attend *Biography* Michael Gmirkin graduated from the University of Oregon in 2001 with a BA in Humanities with an Emphasis in Medieval Studies and a minor in Computer Information Technology. He has worked as a computer sales associate at Fry's Electronics and as a software technical support worker at a major call center. He currently works in the social service sector as a full-time office support at a non-profit serving adults with developmental disabilities. His hobbies include interests in the Electric Universe and Plasma Cosmology paradigms, as well as a general broad interest in science, technology, physics, astronomy and cosmology. Interests outside the scientific realm include photography, technology and writing, among other things. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Papers by Michael E. Gmirkin * *The Sun-Earth Connection (and Other Considerations)* (2011) *Michael E. Gmirkin * /(9 pages)/ /2011, 18th Natural Philosophy Alliance Conference, College Park, MD, United States/ *Abstract:* Erroneous assumptions about plasmas and the implications of correcting those errors in theories based on observations of plasmas and magnetic fields in local and deep space are considered. Several behaviors of electric currents through plasma are briefly discussed on their own and with relation to a brief survey of select press releases regarding observations from local and deep space over the last decade. The spectre of revisiting foundational assumptions about space that were emplaced before the age of space telescopes, satellites and plasma physics is raised. A case is made that we should adopt a more cosmicentric model of the universe, making ubiquitous use of known aspects of plasma physics, prior to inventing ?new physics,? due to the fact that over 99% of the observable matter in the universe is in the plasma state.