H.e. Retic

The Einstein Hoax: the Disastrous Intellectual War on Common Sense H.e. Retic

Much of this book was written a long time ago when the author first became aware of the concepts of Special and General relativity. At the time he assumed that the subject was well thought out and understood by people more knowledgeable and probably more intelligent than himself. His goal was to learn from them and to understand the phenomena being described. He could not, however, accept the prevalent idea that the workings of Nature were beyond the ability of mere mortals to understand at the 'common sense' level. As he studied the subject, he learned that this dictum was an intellectual 'con game' by men who were acting in the manner of a priesthood defending the 'true faith' rather than scientists. The dictum is not true; the mechanisms by which Nature operates are, for the most part, easily understood and the necessary mathematics and arguments to evaluate their validity are within the knowledge of sophomore students in engineering or physical. It is the purpose of this book to make these mechanisms understandable to the general reader.