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- From: matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Mcinnes B T (Dr))
- Subject: Re: "The Universe of MOTION" (book review)
- Message-ID: <1992Oct15.013718.3552@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
- References: <1992Oct14.193139.8517@galois.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 01:37:18 GMT
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- jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes:
- : "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION", by Dewey B. Larson, 1984, North
- : Pacific Publishers, Portland, Oregon, 456 pages, indexed,
- : hardcover.
- :
- : Here we have about 92 capitalized words apart from book titles.
- : We have one claim to have revolutionized astronomy without good
- : evidence:
- :
- : "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" contains FINAL SOLUTIONS to
- : most ALL astrophysical mysteries.
- :
- : Minus the 5-point credit each post gets, this gives a 455-point crackpot index.
- : However, we also have claims that BOTH relativity AND quantum mechanics are
- : fundamentally wrong, for 20 points. (Indeed, a wholesale rejection of higher
- : mathematics. This should perhaps count extra.)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- No "perhaps"! This is one of the most characteristic signs. Of course,
- this will lead to labelling as "crackpots" some of the most celebrated
- professors at leading US universities. No bad thing, really.
-
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