Journey to Gravium Theory: A Quest for Logic and Rationality

I've enjoyed learning mathematics ever since grade school. I'm no natural-born genius like Euler, Newton, Gauss, or Ramanujan, but I always excelled in the subject. I still remember the excitement I felt when a college student—living in our home at the time—shared what he was learning in calculus. He described how you could calculate the volume of complex shapes using integration. That spark carried into high school, where I discovered physics: a playground where math could be used to solve real-world problems. It was deeply satisfying. Physics made sense. Forces, vectors, work, energy—it all appealed to the logical, rational, problem-solving part of my brain.

In college, I faced a decision: what career path to follow? I had grown up in a medical family and always intended to become a doctor. My high school yearbook even declared I was going to be a cardiovascular surgeon. So, in college, I chose to major in biomathematics while fulfilling the premed requirements. This allowed me to enjoy math courses while also studying biology and preparing for medical school. I only took one year of classical physics—the bare minimum. No relativity. No quantum mechanics. Though I briefly considered pursuing math or physics, I ultimately chose medicine, and I have enjoyed a satisfying career helping patients with life altering problems.

During college, I married my high school sweetheart—one of the best decisions of my life. We had three daughters during medical school. I completed a general surgery residency and a vascular surgery fellowship. My demanding hospital schedule led my daughters to ask my wife, “Is Daddy ever going to live with us?” Understandably, math and physics were shelved for many years.

Once our daughters were off to college and our home became an empty nest, I returned to my old intellectual passions. I wanted to understand relativity. At first, it seemed thrilling to explore time dilation, length contraction, and spacetime curvature. But I was deeply troubled by relativity's second postulate: that the speed of light is constant in all inertial frames. Whether you're moving toward a light source or away from it, light still passes at the same speed. Even relativity proponents admit this is counterintuitive. For me, it defied all logic. Though I could follow the Lorentz transformations and understand how the underlying assumptions and math supported it, the concept remained unacceptable. There had to be a better explanation—one that made rational sense.

To rebuild my math foundation, I took online courses in multivariable calculus and differential equations. I also leaned heavily on excellent free resources like MIT's online courses and the HyperPhysics website.

I examined the evidence for relativity, particularly the Global Positioning System (GPS). I chased many dead ends. I explored atomic clock mechanisms, thinking there might be some artifact in the way that they function that could explain things, but to no avail. I then shifted to using Einstein's photon clock—where a photon bounces between two mirrors. I imagined using such a clock in the GPS and I asked: What if light slows down near massive objects? What if time doesn’t dilate—what if light itself changes speed?

I remember exploring this idea between surgical cases, scribbling equations in the dictation room on a scrap of paper. I was elated. The breakthrough made it possible to understand GPS without defying logic. I used the photon clock instead of atomic clocks and found that things began to click. Days later, I burst into my colleague Dr. Westphal’s office, saying, “I’m a mess. I can’t focus on surgery—I’m too excited!”

That’s when I decided to write a book.

I didn’t have everything figured out. I simply began. I outlined potential chapters and started writing. Epiphany followed epiphany. A new idea in a later chapter often forced me to revise earlier ones. Some chapters were dropped. New ones were added. Many times, I’d hit a wall—overwhelmed by complexity. I'd lie on the floor and pray for understanding. Sometimes breakthroughs followed. More often, I was simply given the strength to carry on. I found that persistence—just letting an idea percolate for a day or two—could often unlock clarity.

The first edition of the book was self-published in 2017 as “Spase” Rigidity and Atomic Contraction: A Unification of Gravity and Electromagnetism and a Framework for Understanding Dark Energy. I released an updated second edition in 2020.

It didn’t make the New York Times bestseller list. When people asked, “How many copies have you sold?” I’d jokingly say, “I think I’ve bought about 50 copies so far.” That wasn’t far from the truth. I learned the hard way—you can’t just write a book. You also have to market it.

I later wrote a paper to show the existence of a Prime Frame of Reference, which became Chapter 21 of the book. Though I believe it could have contributed significantly to the literature, it was not accepted for publication.

Eventually, I rebranded the book. I renamed the mechanical medium from “spase” to gravium and gave the book a new title: Action at a Distance: A Unification of Gravity and Electromagnetism. This better captured the phenomenon I was addressing and made the book more approachable.

The result of this work is a theory where action at a distance is achieved through a rigid mechanical medium. Gradients of distortion in this medium form the basis for gravitational, electric, and magnetic fields. Particles with mass or charge are acted on by these gradients in the medium and they are pushed in the direction that decreases the elastic potential energy within the medium.

Call to Action

Is it possible that this framework could make physics satisfying again? Could it lead to a deeper understanding of the laws of nature?

If you’re someone who likes things to make sense—who seeks not just equations but underlying mechanisms—I invite you to explore gravium theory.

Take the next step:

Let’s bring logic, reason, and objective truth back into the foundations of physics—together.

Eugene Eddlemon

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