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Main theme:  An interdisciplinary attack on hitherto unexplained aspects of Mind and Brain, and the Nervous System in general — paying particular attention to the technical feasibility of new suggestions, and the plausibility of traditional tacit assumptions.

Secondary theme:  History of Electromagnetic physics (including translations).

Books (printed,^† and also as ".pdf" files):

1. Mind and Micro-Mechanism:  a hunt for the missing theory
   ISBN 0-9577737-0-6     R.R.Traill (1999)         .pdf  *
2. Physics and Philosophy of the Mind:  some new insights in an extended neuro-project
   ISBN 0-9577737-1-4     R.R.Traill (2000)         .pdf  *

Online Thesis   —   R. R. Traill (1978/2006).

Available below as seven pdf-files (2006), — or as just TWO files (one 203pp) via Brunel University Research Archive (BURA):   http://hdl.handle.net/2438/729

• Preliminaries + Part A (361KB) — This file includes "Contents", Introduction, and Part A itself (previously published in Kybernetes 5 and 7).   Part A summarizes Piaget's relevant concepts, but also considers what general-types of submechanism could possibly explain such human abilities.
• Part B (409KB) — here, and originally, published as the self-contained Brunel Monograph #24: "Toward a theoretical explanation of electro-chemical interaction in memory use:   the postulated role of infra-red components and molecular evolution".   This accepts the hard-science challenge posed by Part A — moving the debate beyond abstract philosophy into physics and information-technology whilst retaining the biological context.
• Chapters C1-C5 (471KB) — The hierarchical-organization concepts of W.R.Ashby are added, and tentatively identified with Piaget's "developmental stages" such as to explain the advanced mental capabilities of humans.
• Chapter C6 (424KB) — "The system looked at as a whole, and some inherent weaknesses to be expected"
• Chapter C7 (93KB) — "Mechanisms for neuroses", applying the above concepts.
• Chapter C8 (450KB) — "Developing a consistent and reasonably comprehensive structural theory of psychosis"
• References (165KB)

• Latest in main project:   A Summary and synopsis of the whole Mental-Mechanisms Undertaking

• (No.1) Strange regularities in the geometry of myelin nerve-insulation — a possible single cause
                 (R.R.Traill March 2005)         .htm     .pdf
• (No.2) Thinking by Molecule, Synapse, or both? — from Piaget's Schema, to the Selecting/Editing of ncRNA
                 (R.R.Traill April 2005, augmented Feb. 2008)      .htm   .pdf
• Or in French: Penser par Molecule, par synapse, ou toutes les deux ? — Du schéma de Piaget, à la sélection/rédaction du ARNnc
  (August/ août, 2008)         .pdf
• (No.3) How Popperian positivism killed a good-but-poorly-presented theory
             — insect communication by infrared   
                 (R.R.Traill December 2005)         .rtf     .pdf       + see conference version:
• (No.9) Critique of the 1977 debate on infra-red 'olfaction' in insects
             — (Diesendorf vs. P.S.Callahan).
                 [from Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, Sep.2008]   
                 (R.R.Traill October 2008)         .rtf     .pdf
• (No.4) Thinking as mental model-building:
             a Piagetian-cum-mechanistic explanation of the 'engram'    (Brunel Monograph #12)
                 (R.R.Traill April 1975 — with 2007 annotations/links)         .pdf
• (No.5) The gulf between behavioural psychology and fundamental physiology:
             a systematic attempt to bridge the gap    (Brunel Monograph #15)
                 (R.R.Traill April 1976 — with 2007 annotations/links)         .pdf
• (No.6) Short papers and letters on the 'linear micro-element' theory of mental mechanism:
             and related questions of scientific method    (Brunel Monograph #18)
                 (R.R.Traill October 1976 — with 2007 links and new extended preface)         .pdf
• (No.10) "The case that mammalian intelligence is based on sub-molecular coding and fibre-optic capabilities of myelinated nerve axons",
            from  Speculations in Science and Technology, vol 11(3), pages 173-181.
                 (R.R.Traill 1988 / June 2009)      .pdf
                also:  Supplement with   (i) Alphabetical listing of the references, and   (ii) sample translations  --   .pdf
• (No.11) "A Radiation Theory Of The Assembling Of Moths",
  from  The Entomologist, vol 93(1165-1166), pages 113-117, 133-137.
                 (E.R.Laithwaite 1960 / September 2009)      .pdf

• (No.8) Problems with Economic Rationalism — Psychology, Green-issues, and Jobs
                 (R.R.Traill, first issued 23 Nov 2007)         Latest version (Dec 2008):     .pdf
                

• On the equations of the electromagnetic field for moving bodies   /
      Ueber die Gleichungen des elektromagnetischen Feldes für bewegte Körper
      — by Emil Cohn (1902), Annalen der Physik (series 4), 7(1), 29-56;
      — plus his reply to Wien's criticism: (1904 May) ibid. 14(6), 208.
          Parallel English/German text (10 August 2008)        Cohn.pdf
• On the differential equations of the electrodynamics for moving bodies   /
      Über die Differentialgleichungen der Elektrodynamik für bewegte Körper
      — by W.Wien (1904 March), Annalen der Physik (series 4), 13(4), 650-662, and 663-668.
          Parallel English/German text (11 August 2008)        Wien.pdf
•   [obsolete links (now superseded):    Cohn      Wien ]

• Australian Senate Political Preferences allocated by each party
      in recent federal elections
      (Sortable tables compiled by R.R.Traill, from data supplied by the Australian Electoral Commission)  
         Queensland 2010  
         NSW 2010  
         Victoria 2010        (Vic. 2007)        .