The common heritage of mankind : the quantum theory of human relations

Abstract

This work is a development of a long essay which appeared in November, 1988 under the title The Common Heritage of Mankind: definition and initiative (a Grupp '87 publication). The new work presented here is based on constant research undertaken by the author, and on regular correspondence with A. Pardo to whom the author is particularly indebted and grateful. The author is also indebted to A. Sparzani, from the University of Milan, with whom constant discussions generated academic stimulation and satisfaction. The Common Heritage of Mankind is in itself a force, needing its Newton to give it 'physical' meaning. In this sense 'physics' has to assist in giving good sounding names to old ideas and, very crucially, in extending quantitative contents to old ideas. In fact, as the author's colleague Sparzani, indicates, Newton's "fundamental discovery" of universal gravity succeeded precisely because he maintained not only that a phenomenon exists because of gravity, but by the provision of a formula which figured out a certain relationship related to a force. In other words, he qualified how something unknown affects other bodies, remaining itself unknown. [Excerpt]