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Article #7453Re: Was Einstein an 'Irrational Plagiarist'?
From: harry
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:22
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:22
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"ILoveSanta" <ilovesanta@lycos.com> wrote in message news:1168608887.104177.293060@i15g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >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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