Lost Science [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Gerry Vassilatos writes about the remarkable lives, astounding discoveries and incredible inventions of such famous people as Nikola Tesla, Dr. Royal Rife, T. T. Brown, and T. Henry Moray. Read about the aura research of Baron Karl von Reichenbach, the wireless of Antonio Meucci, the controlled fusion devices of Philo Farnsworth, the earth battery of Nathan Stubblefield and more. What were the twisted intrigues that surrounded the often deliberate attempts to stop this technology? Vassilatos claims that we are living hundreds of years behind our intended level of technology and that we must recapture this "lost science." Rediscover the legendary names of our suppressed scientific revolution and read about the remarkable lives, astounding discoveries and incredible inventions that would have produced a world of wonder. How did the aura research of Baron Karl von Reichenbach prove the vitalistic theory and frighten the greatest minds in Germany? How did the physiophone and wireless of Antonio Meucci predate both Bell and Marconi by decades? How does the earth battery technology of Nathan Stubblefield portend an unsuspected energy revolution? How did the geoaetheric engines of Nikola Tesla threaten the establishment of a fuel-dependent America? The microscopes and virus-destroying ray machines of Dr. Royal Rife provided the solution for every world-threatening disease. Why did the FDA and AMA together condemn this great man to a federal prison? The static crashes on telephone lines enabled Dr. Henry T. Moray to discover the reality of radiant space energy. Was the mysterious "Swedish stone," the powerful mineral Dr. Moray discovered, the very first historical instance in which stellar power was recognized and secured on earth? Why did the Air Force initially fund the gravitational warp research and warp-cloaking devices of T. Townsend Brown and then reject them? When the controlled fusion devices of Philo Farnsworth achieved the "break-even" point in 1967, why was the FUSOR project abruptly canceled by ITT? What were the twisted intrigues that surrounded these deliberate convolutions of history? Each chapter is a biographic treasure.

About the Author

Gerry Vassilatos is a high school science teacher who lives in New York City. He is the author of Secrets of Cold War Technology, another forthcoming book from Adventures Unlimited.

Product Details

• Paperback: 347 pages
• Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press; illustrated edition edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932813755
• ISBN-13: 978-0932813756
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #267,711 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing and amazing! I couldn't put it down., January 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost Science (Paperback)

I recommend this book to anyone who has curiousity. I say this because there are some people who do not, and this book is not for them.

In this collection of biographies, Gerry Vassilatos tells about incredible, nearly unbelievable inventions and inventors whose ideas would have changed the course of history. And then he tells why they haven't. (Mostly having to do with government repression and corporate monopoly)

Read this book. Learn about Cold Fusion, Virus-Destroying Cure Rays, All-Permeating Luminous Energy, Earth Batteries, Endless Light, and much more.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars BAD WRITING, GOOD INFORMATION, March 1, 2004

By	Theresa Welsh "The Seeker" (Ferndale, Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lost Science (Paperback)

It's too bad that Gerry Vassilatos didn't hire a good editor to clean up his tortured treatment of the English language in this book because he has some great material. It's clear he did considerable research in profiling the discoveries of a number of inventors whose brilliant work never made it to mainstream America. Too bad, since we could be enjoying free energy, warp drive to the stars and a cure for cancer. I don't mean that sarcastically either -- I think these men (they were all men) actually made the discoveries claimed in the book. One reason I bought this book was my interest in the work of Royal R. Rife, who, judging from all sources I've seen, really invented a machine that stopped cancer; his cure rate was 100% But we don't have this machine today, nor do we have the unlimited wireless energy promised by Nikola Tesla (another amazing and fascinating character) or the fusion reactor that actually worked, as created by Philo T. Farnsworth. The author gives us a feast of unrealized potential for the betterment of society.

And that brings me to another problem with this book. The author weaves his own opinions and ideas in among the stories of these inventors, and due again to his idiosyncratic writing style, it is often unclear as to just what point he is trying to make. He mixes metaphors in appearing to endorse the old idea of the "ether" which he introduces along with his first story, that of Baron Von Reichenbach and his "od" energy. The idea of a natural type of energy that is not electricity, but exists in abundance, is part of many of these inventions. Apparently Tesla was sensitive to this energy. But what exactly is it? It is always a kind of radiance that can be tapped by those who know it's there, who can listen to the earth, or feel it in the radiance from the moon (Von Reichenbach's somnambulists were driven crazy by moonlight). The author often becomes lyrical as he talks about the dream state, the shared consciousness, the archetypes, the sea of ideas that he sees as the source of all great breakthroughs. The ideas are apparently "in the ether." The inventor brings them forth, as gifts to mankind. But some gifts never reach the intended recipients because society runs on money, not creativity, and there are often powerful vested interests that stand to lose financially from technological changes. Technology gets suppressed because the military wants it or some organization wants to keep doing things the same old lucrative way.

I was startled to read in this book a new theory of the Philadelphia Experiment. In this version, the military first noticed the invisibility function while using huge and high-powered arc welding equipment, and they consulted Dr. Thomas Moray who had discovered a similar effect. Working together, they equipped the USS Eldridge with the equipment which made the ship blink invisible, with disastrous effect on the crew. There have been many versions and retellings of this event, and here is one more (from a source that is not Carlos Allende).

The author concludes with a little tale about water and fire and how mankind lost "contact with the inner water world" through its belief in the power of fire. We lost our way when we bought into the "thermodynamic model of the world." I think somewhere in all this garbled and often grammatically incorrect language is a profound thought. I guess as a professional editor myself, I find sentences that twist and turn without meaning especially annoying. I could have done with fewer sentences like "Dream waves ebb and flow in the mind of humanity." I would love to have a crack at editing this tangled mess of words into something coherent, but despite its considerable shortcomings, this book was worth reading. Like I said, if you can wade through the overdone metaphors, repetitious concepts, and bad English, you might be able to pick up some actual ideas.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Book, August 19, 2001

By	R. Gerber "Animation fan" (Livonia, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lost Science (Paperback)

Vassilatos has compiled an amazing treasure trove of information about a lost "etheric" science that, had it not been reviled or repressed by mainstream scientists or unscrupulous businesspeople, might have truly revolutionized science, industry, and medicine. An especially interesting chapter on the work of Royal R. Rife and an energy medicince cure for cancer that was suppressed by powerful doctors and institutions provides new insights into a lost vibrational healing technology. Highly recommended.