Laurent R. Duchesne

Whether there is an aether or not is finally answered; the Aether is but does not exist until it turns into matter.

This isn't a new theory but a new insight on already existing theories. A freshly synthesized interpretation consistent with already known and well accepted scientific facts. A fresh perspective in which the aether concept is reintroduced in an attempt to reconcile a centuries old notion of wholeness in space and time with actually established scientific paradigms. In addition to arguing for a common substrate to all matter, in a purely dialectical way, without math or complicated formulas, I relate self-awareness and perception to non-living self-organized systems, thereby suggesting that consciousness is not a supernatural entity that precedes matter but an intrinsic property of Nature.

This book represents, in a short and informal style, what I have realized after a lifelong quest for proof of wholeness in space and time as a fundamental property of the Universe. It is aimed at a general audience, going from the specialist to the layman, with the hope of further popularizing these deeply philosophical topics.

 "Congratulations on the best summary of how things are, at large, that I've yet seen. And you did it without resorting to math yet, I believe I understood every word and concept. It's the kind of overview summary piece I expected of Einstein & others but never saw. You have an amazing ability to be succinct, very clear and to the point." --- Craig-Sherwood Pease