Intriguing Anomalies: An Introduction to Scientific Detective Work uses case studies to explain techniques of conceptual thinking and other qualitative analysis that can help any intelligent person to delve beneath misleading data in order to perceive the underlying patterns of Nature. The book starts with a historical detective case (the links between Trojans, Etruscans, and Romans) and a criminal case (the 2001 anthrax mailings, for which FBI appears to have accepted the author's identification of al Qaeda operative Abderraouf Jdey as the Mailer). Then it shows how scientific problems can yield to the same detective techniques. It includes original analyses of the scientific dimensions of medicinal bracelets, salt microparticle respiratory treatments termed speleotherapy and halotherapy, and the fundamental findings arising from the study of Biophotonic Therapy, the leading phototherapy of infectious diseases. The author offers an 18-point proof that the red blood cells constitute the long-sought animal magnetoreceptor. In turn, he provides a proof that, acting by means of biophotonic and biomagnetic forces, the RBCs constitute the cellular basis of consciousness: the brain behind the brain. He also puts forward solutions to other refractory problems, including how humans distant oligocellular ancestors defended themselves against microbial onslaughts when they had not yet developed the modern immune system. Each chapter concludes with comments on the conceptual and analytical techniques used to arrive at deeper insights. The last chapter contains lessons learned for scientific, historical, and criminological detective work.
Kenneth J. Dillon is the publisher of Scientia Press.
Dillon has a B.A. in history from Georgetown University and a Ph.D in European history from Cornell University. After working for several years as an academic historian, he joined the Department of State, where he served in Turkey and in various positions in Washington, D.C.--in particular, as an intelligence analyst (two prizes for analysis). Since leaving the foreign service, Dillon has pursued a career as a theoretical scientist, science writer, and entrepreneur.
Scientia Press arose out of an earlier medical device business venture.
In a kind of scientific detective work, Dillon applies certain qualitative and conceptual techniques drawn from his experience as an historian and intelligence analyst (and described in Apprentice to Paracelsus and in Intriguing Anomalies: An Introduction to Scientific Detective Work). Among his scientific contributions are theories of the original immune system, of the role of red blood cells in consciousness, of biophysical pharmacology, of shared mechanisms of various natural remedies, and of transdermal micronutrition. He has also formulated an 18-point proof that the red blood cells constitute the animal magnetoreceptor. Dillon's work has led to new insights regarding Biophotonic Therapy, the leading phototherapeutic treatment of infectious diseases.
He has also proposed a method for developing targeted drugs for treating multi-drug-resistant TB and other infectious diseases by challenging plants with human pathogens.
In planetary science Dillon has found a commonsensical explanation of how Venus could have emerged as a comet from Jupiter, as reported in mythical terms by the ancients, thereby overcoming a key objection to making appropriate use of ancient sources for interpreting astronomical phenomena that influenced human history.
Dillon has contributed several innovative solutions to the problem of the safe disposal of nuclear waste.
In the field of intelligence, Dillon has shown why al Qaeda terrorist Abderraouf Jdey was by far the most likely perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax mailings. He also has proposed a psychological theory of the performance of the Bush Administration's top leaders in the run-up to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Dillon has made several contributions in history, including a theory of the relationships between Trojans, Etruscans, and Romans that solves major riddles of ancient history and linguistics.
Dillon is the author of six books on science, medicine, and history. He has a practitioner's familiarity with international relations, with special knowledge of alternative livelihoods to poppy-growing in Afghanistan. Upon occasion he teaches European history at a local university.
The father of two sons, Dillon is a hiker and swimmer, student of international affairs and psychology, and amateur linguist and musician. He is a member of Stop TB, the executive committee of the Health & Wellness Foundation, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
