Stephen Wolfram, Finally We May Have a Path to the Fundamental Theory of Physics... and It's Beautiful
Other physicists are not so impressed
There's a tradition of scientists approaching senility to come up with grand, improbable theories" the late physicist Freeman Dyson told Newsweek back in 2002. "Wolfram is unusual in that he's doing this in his 40s."
Theoretical physicist Maulik Parikh marvels at the whimsy and scientific rigor of Feynman diagrams.
The Cognitive Art of Feynman Diagrams, Edward Tufte
The Flames Sounded Like the Voice of a Child
Harlan Neal Weedermann and Bruce Neal
A review of Physics on the Fringe: Smoke Rings, Circlons and Alternative Theories of Everything by Margaret Wertheim:
"That string cosmology conference I attended was by far the most surreal physics event I have been to, more bizarre than any NPA event for the very reason that this was not a fringe affair but a star-studded proceeding involving some of the most famous names in science...
"After two days, I couldn't decide if the atmosphere was more like a children's birthday party or the Mad Hatter's tea party — in either case, everyone was high...
... the attitude among the string cosmologists seemed to be that anything that wasn't logically disallowed must be out there somewhere."
The book introduces Jim Carter and his circlon model of nuclear structure.
"I do not propose or condone the creation of any 'theories'. If you are unable to quantify a phenomenal event with physical measurement, why would you create an imaginary theory of the phenomenon just so you could then believe that it really exists." —Jim Carter
Wertheim's An Alternate Guide to the Universe exhibition (2012) highlights maverick visionaries such as Michael R Evans (Geometry of Light), Stoyan Sarg (Super Gravitation Unified Theory) and Philip Blackmarr (Quantum Geometry).
Outsider Cosmologies and Studio Practice [PDF], Charles Ogilvie, Dr. of Philosophy thesis.
Nondimension, Shades
Greyout, Sleep Witness
MEoW, Comets Cometh