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Tribute to Herbert Dingle.

" It is ironical that, in the very field in which Science has claimed superiority to Theology, for example - in the abandoning of dogma and the granting of absolute freedom to criticism - the positions are now reversed. Science will not tolerate criticism of special relativity, while Theology talks freely about the death of God, religionless Christianity, and so on." H.Dingle

This message is a tribute to professor Herbert Dingle, one of the greatest scientist's the world has ever seen. Professor Dingle's greatest achievement came in 1972 when his book, "SCIENCE at the Crossroads"  was published by Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, London.

In his book, prof. Dingle shows that Einstein's theory of special relativity is an irrational theory. For a man with prof. Dingle's background, (He wrote at least a dozen 'scientific' books before his rationality was restored ) to publish, " SCIENCE at the Crossroads" was indeed an act of courage unparalleled in recent times.

I quote from page 17 of prof. Dingle's book,
" Science at the crossroads ":

" It would naturally be supposed that the point at issue, even if less esoteric than it is generally supposed to be, must still be to subtle and profound for the ordinary reader to be expected to understand it. On the contrary, it is one of the most extreme simplicity. According to the theory, if you have two exactly similar clocks, A and B, and one is moving with respect to the other, they must work at different rates,i.e. one works more slowly than the other. But the theory also requires that you cannot distinguish which clock is the 'moving' one; it is equally true to say that A rests while B moves and that B rests while A moves. The question therefore arises: how does one determine, consistently with the theory, which clock works the more slowly? Unless the question is answerable, the theory unavoidably requires that A works more slowly than B and B more slowly than A - which it requires no super- intelligence to see is impossible. Now, clearly, a theory that requires an impossibility cannot be true, and scientific integrity requires, therefore, either that the question just posed shall be answered, or else that the theory shall be acknowledged to be false. But as I have said, more than 13 years of continuous effort has failed to produce either response. The question is left by the experimenters to the mathematical specialists, who either ignore it or shroud it in various obscurities, while experiments involving enormous physical risk go on being performed. "

There is no need to say much more about Einstein's 'special theory of relativity', it is clearly irrational, it was fabricated by Einstein in order to correct a false premise.

  "Science at the Crossroads" is now available for reading on the internet.

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List of books written by Prof. Herbert Dingle.

1. Relativity for all.1922
2. Modern Astrophysics.1924
3. Science and human experience.1931
4. Through Science to Philosophy.1937
5. The Special Theory of Relativity.1940
6. Mechanical Physics.1941
7. Sub-Atomic Physics.1942
8. Science and Literary Criticism.1949
9. Practical Applications of Spectrum Analysis.1950
10.The Scientific Adventure.1952
11.The Source of Sir Eddington's Philosophy.1954
12.A Century of Science(Editor).1951
13.A Threefold Cord (with late Viscount Samuel).1961
14.SCIENCE at the Crossroads.1972

P.S.(3rd September 2008)

ScienceDaily (Aug. 21, 2008) — The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator--the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)--in Europe this summer. On September 10, LHC scientists will attempt to send the first beam of protons speeding around the accelerator.

"The LHC is a discovery machine. We don't know what we'll find," said Abraham Seiden, professor of physics and director of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Let us hope and pray that this 'test'  does not end in disaster.



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