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Re: Was Einstein an 'Irrational Plagiarist'?

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From: harry
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:22
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"ILoveSanta" <ilovesanta@lycos.com> wrote in message 
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>A theory of Einstein the irrational plagiarist
> Christopher Jon Bjerknes.
>
> THE name "Einstein" evokes images of a good-humoured genius, who
> revolutionised our concepts of space, time, energy, mass and motion.
> Time named Albert Einstein "person of the century". The language itself
> has incorporated "Einstein" into our common vocabulary as a synonym for
> extraordinary brilliance. Many consider Einstein to have been the
> finest mind in recorded human history.
>
> That is the popular image, fostered by textbooks, the media, and hero
> worshiping physicists and historians. However, when one reads the
> scientific literature written by Einstein's contemporaries, a quite
> different picture emerges: one of an irrational plagiarist, who
> manipulated credit for their work.

People change you know.

SNIP

> My book is a documentation of Einstein's plagiarism of the theory of
> relativity. It discloses his method for manipulating credit for the
> work of his contemporaries, reprints the prior works he parroted, and
> demonstrates that he could not have drawn his conclusions without prior
> knowledge of the works he copied but failed to reference.
>
> Numerous republished quotations from Einstein's contemporaries prove
> that they were aware of his plagiarism. Side-by-side comparisons of
> Einstein's words juxtaposed to those of his predecessors prove the
> almost verbatim repetition. There is even substantial evidence
> presented in the book that Einstein plagiarised the work of his first
> wife, Mileva Maric, who had plagiarised others.
>
> Mr Bjerknes, an American historian of science, has authored six books
> on Einstein and the theory of relativity. Albert Einstein: The
> Incorrigible Plagiarist (ISBN 0971962987) is available at
> www.amazon.com.
>
> Excerpts at: www.xtxinc.com

"My book " -> You *are* Bjerkness. 
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Subject: Re: Was Einstein an 'Irrational Plagiarist'?
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:22:26 +0100
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