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Albert Einstein: The Incorrigible Plagiarist Paperback – July, 2002

by Christopher Jon Bjerknes (Author)

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The name "Einstein" evokes images of genius, but was Albert Einstein, in fact, a plagiarist, who copied the theories of Lorentz, Poincare, Gerber, and Hilbert? A scholarly documentation of Albert Einstein's plagiarism of the theory of relativity, "Albert Einstein: The Incorrigible Plagiarist" discloses Einstein's method for manipulating credit for the work of his contemporaries, reprints the prior works he parroted, and demonstrates through formal logical argument that Albert Einstein could not have drawn the conclusions he drew 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.

"The appearance of Dr. Silberstein's recent article on 'General Relativity without the Equivalence Hypothesis' encourages me to restate my own views on the subject. I am perhaps entitled to do this as my work on the subject of General Relativity was published before that of Einstein and Kottler, and appears to have been overlooked by recent writers." -- Harry Bateman

"All this was maintained by Poincare and others long before the time of Einstein, and one does injustice to truth in ascribing the discovery to him." -- Charles Nordmann

"[Einstein's] paper 'Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Koerper' in Annalen der Physik. . . contains not a single reference to previous literature. It gives you the impression of quite a new venture. But that is, of course, as I have tried to explain, not true." -- Max Born

"In point of fact, therefore, Poincare was not only the first to enunciate the principle, but he also discovered in Lorentz's work the necessary mathematical formulation of the principle. All this happened before Einstein's paper appeared." -- G. H. Keswani

"Einstein's explanation is a dimensional disguise for Lorentz's. . . . Thus Einstein's theory is not a denial of, nor an alternative for, that of Lorentz. It is only a duplicate and disguise for it. . . . Einstein continually maintains that the theory of Lorentz is right, only he disagrees with his 'interpretation.' Is it not clear, therefore, that in this, as in other cases, Einstein's theory is merely a disguise for Lorentz's, the apparent disagreement about 'interpretation' being a matter of words only?" -- James Mackaye

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." -- Albert Einstein

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". . .Bjerknes documents each of his contentions with direct references to the primary sources, who are world-famous scientists. . ." -- Nikolay Noskov, NAUKA I TEKHNIKA, 17 September 2002

". . .I recommend the book to Einstein scholars and to sociologists of science as a genuinely valuable bibliographical resource. . ." -- Thomas E. Phipps, Jr., INFINITE ENERGY MAGAZINE, N. 47, 6 October, 2002

"reading this text should be a must for all people professionally interested in the 'history' of Physics or of Science" -- Professor Umberto Bartocci, EPISTEME, N. 6/II, December 2002

...a provocative and iconoclastic... fascinating, albeit controversial treatise, packed cover to cover with meticulous references... -- Midwest Book Review, September 2, 2002

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It is easily proven that Albert Einstein did not originate the special theory of relativity in its entirety, or even in its majority. The historic record is readily available. Ludwig Gustav Lange, Woldemar Voigt, George Francis FitzGerald, Joseph Larmor, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Jules Henri Poincaré, Paul Drude, Paul Langevin, and many others, slowly developed the theory, step by step, and based it on thousands of years of recorded thought and research. Einstein may have made a few contributions to the theory, such as the relativistic equations for aberration and the Doppler-Fizeau Effect, though he may also have rendered an incorrect equation for the transverse mass of an electron, which, when corrected, becomes Lorentz' equation.

Albert Einstein's first work on the theory of relativity did not appear until 1905. There is substantial evidence that Albert Einstein did not write this 1905 paper on the "principle of relativity" alone. His wife, Mileva Einstein-Marity, may have been co-author, or the sole author, of the work.

If Albert Einstein did not originate the major concepts of the special theory of relativity, how could such a historically significant fact have escaped the attention of the world for nearly a century? The simple answer is that it did not. . . .

Paperback: 408 pages
Publisher: Xtx Inc; First edition. edition (July 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0971962987
ISBN-13: 978-0971962989
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 8.2 inches
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Vulindlela I. Wobogo

Special Relativity was a Group Effort, and Einstein was not part of It.

August 31, 2015

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It could have been written better, but it is right on point. Bjerknes is not afraid to tell it 'like it is' He gets off course with some of the personality analysis of Einstein but he hits the main points wee, which are 1. Voight was the first formulator of the Lorentz transform, Fitzgeral formulated the same equation independently, Lorentz did also but properly gave credit to Voight and Fitgerald when he found out about them, and larmour also apparently arrived at the same equation independently. 2. Poincare extended Lorentz work and formulated a group which contained the lorentz transform but named it after Lorentz, his friend, much to the dislike of Lorentz. Thus Lorentz and Poincare were humble and honest. 3. It was Lorentz who formulated perhaps the best statement of relativity affirming that absolute motion is not detectable, even though others said this before him. This statement is one of the foundations of relativity. 4. Poincare defined simulaneity in a written work which Einstein read, according to one who read it with him in a study group. Poincare was first to unify time and space with the equation later contributed to Minskowsky e.g.. (x)(x) + (y)(y) + (z)(z) + (ict)(ict) = 0. Poincare was one first to state that the speed of light was the limiting velocity in the universe, but this is obvious from the Voigt transform. He was also the first to derive the correct equation for addition of velocities, which also clearly demonstrates the role of the speed of light in nature as the maximum velocity. The Einstien worshipers can only criticize Poincare for not making a stronger statement about the useless of the ether to explain the relativistic effect (which Einstein read in 'Science and Hypotheses by Poincare) and they sometime say Einstein got rid of the notion of the ether, which he did not do, especially since the notion of empty space was unrealistic in light of gravitation, electromagnetic fields, etc. It is clear that Einstein was not the honest person that Poincare, Lorentz and others were. We see him in a similar position regarding general relativity when most feel that Hilbert derived the fundamental equation first but said give credit to Einstein since it was his idea to look for it. If we apply that to special relativity, Einstein should have given credit to Poincare, Lorentz, etc, which he did not do. i believe the transformation should be called the VFLP transformation after the first initials of the discoverers and perfector. Born said no one name should associated with special relativity and he was right. The same applies to general relativity. Lets no forget that Poincare's relativity theory was published before Einsteins and his contained references.

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William Deregibus

Long Overdue

September 20, 2013

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This book exposes one of the greatest intellectual and scientific frauds of the twentieth century, which continues (perhaps by collusion and design, though not exclusively; ignorance is probably the greater reason) to permeate uninformed writers and historians thinking. Take "Einstein's Universe" as but one example. It should further be noted that despite current myths regarding Einstein's contribution to the war effort that Einstein was barred from participation in the Manhattan Project because he was a security risk. Oppenheimer and many others we now know were even worse (see 'Venona' decripts). Also recommended: Carter Plymton Hydrick's suppressed book "Critical Mass", published in 2004, yet only available today on the rare book market.

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joseph k paisley

The real issue of Albert's methodolgy of thought is left ...

January 13, 2018

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The real issue of Albert's methodolgy of thought is left out!!! this is the critical aspect since it is his ability to integrate and correlate information from other writers to give it a new interpretation;This is the brillance of Einstein;in fact putting it simply he uses existing results to elucidate th new insights;it is one of total re-organisation of the concepts to give new understanding into the relationships on which the universe is constructed!!

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very, very interesting

August 17, 2013

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According to the info inside this book, Christopher Jon Bjerkness has written a few books on Einstein, physics and other clever things. But there isn't any information on the guys qualifications and I'm not qualified to judge his discussion on Lorentz transforms and other clever stuff.

However, I do remember that Noam Chomsky once hinted that Albert Einstein was unnecessary hero worshipped and Wikepedia even has stuff about the Hilbert space controversy and the Pointcare relativity priority issue. So the book is worth reading.

It is a mystery why no one else has spoken out. But if you think about it, who ever speaks out against the big fashions of the time? You never hear descending voices saying that the Beatles are rubbish or pointing out that Pablo Picasso can't draw and you never come across people calling Charlie Chaplin an overrated clown. So maybe Albert Einstein was the Charlie Chaplin of science? A world famous male spice girl?

The name 'Einstein' is now synonymous with God-Divinity and so no scientist will dare say anything if there was a shred of truth in Bjerkness' claims. Actually, using the word 'claims' is too harsh because Bjerkness let's many historical persons speak for themselves. The quotes come at the reader thick and fast and this book is very well footnoted.

Bjerkness could very well be making the notes up and I didn't check them. Who checks references anyway?

Here is an example of a startling bit of evidence that suggests that Einstein stole the riding on a beam of light idea. There is a long passage from a 19 century french novel, I forget the name, that talks about travelling on a beam of light 20 years before Einstein claimed to have invented that image. That's impressive!

And there is a long quote from H.G Wells, The Time Machine, that talks about time being the 4th dimension. I didn't bother checking those references and Bjerkness can well be making them up. The 'evidence' is so startling that it is suspicious.

Bjerkness quotes many people who say that when they met Albert Einstein, they didn't thing he was smart at all, just a third rate thinker. This is very hard to believe and, like I said, I'm not going to chase the references.

I have just thought of a suspicious incident in Walter Isaacson's biography of Albert Einstein. On a visit to the USA, Thomas Edison bumps into Albert Einstein and Edison puts Albert Einstein on the spot with an easy scientific question, to demonstrate to the crowd his new school test. If I remember correctly, he asked Einstein what the speed of sound was. To the astonishment of the crowd, Einstein didn't know the answer.

Then Albert Einstein saved himself by saying something philosophical and sagely, something along the line that one need not hold the useless information in ones head to be a beacon of talent, or something along those lines. Walter Isaacson uses this example to demonstrate how outstanding genius shines brighter that Thomas Edison's mere terrestrial talent for facts. But what if we have it the wrong way. What if Albert Einstein really didn't know what the speed of sound was and he spun it to make Thomas Edison seem like the stupid one?

After reading this book, I remembered that bit Walter Isaacson's biography and I wondered?

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