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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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The end of another taboo.......2006-12-19
That Einstein was not the original genius that his adulators have made him out to be was always known to those more familiar with his "borrowing". However, to my mind this is the first thoroughly documented revisionist treatment of the subject. If nothing else, it should prompt the legions of his admirers to issue forth a rebuttal to the serious charges brought forth. Such is the nature of scholarship.
Like other taboos of contemporary culture, the Einstein question should not be declared hands off from more close scrutiny. Yet judging from the largely ad hominem nature of the contra reviews elicted by this site, one must not be overly sanguine about the possibilities. The reduction of Liberal icons like Albert Einstein to more realistic proportions will not be an easy task, as the case of other media-propelled heroes of the twentieth century such as Marx, Freud, Lenin, and Picasso bears out. Those who have a vested interest in maintaining silence on controversial subjects will not throw up the white flag without a fight-- all the more reason to perservere in the struggle. Let the facts be known and may the chips fall where they may.
Nonsense for the credulous.......2006-04-18
Readers who have taken Bjerknes's claims seriously should be aware that he wrote the following nonsense about Einstein that is fully in accord with the views of the neo-Nazi Stormfront.org:
"The political Zionists, Albert Einstein chief racist among them, embraced the myth that anti-Semitism is the salvation of the 'Jewish race', in that it forces Jews to segregate against their will and better natures. Einstein hated non-racist Jews, though he himself had married a non-Jew... Jewish racists helped to put Hitler into power in order to herd up the Jews of Europe and force them into segregation."
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John Stachel, Professor Emeritus at the Center for Einstein Studies, Boston University
has a devastating review of Bjerknes's book [...]
Quite Reasonable.......2006-01-31
I agree with some comments of reviewers that this book could be written in a better style. I can also understand other readers being sceptical of such seemingly "outlandish" claims as Einstein being a plagiarist.
However, I found this book to be an extremely valuable resource of information that is otherwise very difficult to locate. My library has two books by Bjerknes' and I read his book on general relativity first. Both books combined provide some really powerful evidence, and even if you are sceptical, then some good historical information. I canot find his other books.
Material presented in this book shows that the fact that Einstein was not original is a well-known fact in science community. I think these topics should be discussed further.
Enough Revisionism!.......2006-01-29
Bjerknes book is very weak and more along the lines of a national enquirer essay. His sources are weak. His logic is weaker.
Scientific essays are often based on the work which preceded them. Science is the study the observable world and drawing conclusions which can be tested, proved or refuted. Usually these theories are not created in a box but with a knowledge of the thoughts and work of others. Einstein did not live in a box but studied the works of Newton, Poncaire, Mach and the rest. Like most scientists he added his own tremendous insight and deductive skills to the problems of the day and came up with a totally unqiue way of evaluating cosmology.
The simple truth is that in a scientific paper such as Einstein`s field theory, (or any other) the reference is inherent in the mathmatics. You can't write a formula and claim it as your own as others are familiar with the formula and will know the source. But when known formulations are used to derive new equations, that derivation is a unique entity. Did Galileo plagarize Copernicus? Did Kepler? Did Newton plagarize Euclid? Did Oppenheimer plagarize Einstein? The truth is there were many thoughts about relativism and open vs closed universes etc etc before Einstein. It was Einstein who put all the previous discussions in persepctive to come up with his original theory on special and general relativity, no one else came up with curved space as a dimension beyond our senses but not beyond our rational capacity to understand.
Eisntein is regareded as one of the greatest minds of humanity because he truly was a intellectual and humanist giant among us. He did not plagarize or cheat, he did good science.
Giants always are targets of lesser minds who choose for uncertain motives to attack and slander. Einstein, fortunately, is one giant that forever will stand.
Hype, mascarading as research........2005-12-31
Bjerknes spends 400+ pages attacking Einstein for not being an honest author and yet CJB's disclaimer on page 4 loudly proclaims (along with all of the comma splices!), that CJB is equally dishonest "Neither the author, nor the publisher, guarantees the completeness, or the accuracy, or the adequacy, of any information in this book." At first, I thought this was a bunch of legalese, but once I got into the book I realized that about half the book is authorial conjecture and mental naval-gazing that wouldn't (and couldn't) stand up in a court of law. Although almost half the book is dedicated to sitations and sources, it's a truly shameful and amateur effort on Bjerknes' behalf; in the hands of a better writer (any OTHER writer), a strong and coherent argument could be made for Einstein's plagiarism- given all the source material. Bjerknes' rants, which can only be interpretted as anti-semitism, color all the material in such a way as to cause even the most die-hard critic of Einstein to have a change of heart. It's really an embarrassing effort for the author and a waste of money and time for us, the reader.
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A deadly chase across the Pacific, the escape of six of Norfolk Island's most notorious prisoners, an elusive and savage dealer in a barbaric trade, and a tribe of cannibals in the New Hebrides all conspire to make this a hair-raising, ultimately life-threatening adventure for Kit Killigrew.
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- a good second installment in the Sophia Bancroft series
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The Incorrigible Sophia (Zebra Regency Romance)
Hocker Karla
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a good second installment in the Sophia Bancroft series.......2002-11-23
"The Incorrigible Sophia" is the second in the Sophia Bancroft mystery series (the first was "The Impertinent Miss Bancroft). Sophia is now engaged to her employer, the diplomat Lucian, Viscount Northrop, but she's still under his employ as a governess (this is to thwart Sophia's cousin and guardian, Jonathan, who is still trying to stop the upcoming nuptials). Right now however, Sophia is busy trying to 'find' her place in Society as Lucian's fiancee, and squabbling with Lucian as to when their wedding date should be, when murder finds it's way into Sophia's life again!
It looks as if there was a very cunning traitor operating at the Admiralty: papers have gone missing -- more importantly missives that would reveal to Bonaparte that the British know full well that plans to invade England are about to be carried out. With things in such a delicate and precarious state, the Prime Minister, Mr. Pitt, has ordered that the Horse Guards, the Admiralty, the Foreign Office and the War Office to work together in order to figure out who this traitor is and to put a stop to his activities. And even though Lucian and his brother, Andrew, are in the thick of this investigation, it is the murder of a young naval officer that Sophia rather liked, Peter Marston, that propels her into trying to discover who Marston's murderer could be, and so the identity of the traitor. A dangerous undertaking indeed, but Sophia's task becomes even more complicated when she discovers that the authorities suspect Marston of being a traitor himself. Unable to believe that the likable young man could have been doing anything wrong, Sophia decides to investigate in spite of Lucian's disapproval. A task that proves even more difficult when Andrew (Lucian's brother) himself is accused of being Marston's murderer and Sophia's despicable cousin, Jonathan, turns up in London, determined to put an end to Sophia's engagement to Lucian...
I rather liked "The Incorrigible Sophia" -- but not because it was a romance novel par excellence, or because it boasted of a rather intriguing spy subplot, but (mostly) because it dealt with how an engaged couple coped with a few issues in their otherwise smooth-running relationship. For example, Sophia really chafes at Lucian tendency to want to wrap her in cotton-wool and protect her from certain evils in life; while Sophia's stubbornness, independence and tendency to want to investigate every mystery she stumbles across truly alarms Lucian. But instead of having both characters pout and rant at each other, Karla Hocker has opted for the couple to take the high road instead. Both Lucian and Sophia realise that these traits that they find irksome in each other are not about to go away but they also realise that these are the very qualities that made them fall for each other in the first place, and that they'd rather prefer it if neither of them changed who they were in order to please each other. A refreshingly mature and adult view that bodes well (I think) for this couple's happily ever-after ending! Another thing I also liked about this novel was the portrayal of the women in the book. They were ALL (from Sophia onwards) depicted as intelligent and courageous women. Another refreshing change!
Story-wise, while it was fairly easy to figure out who the villain(s) of the piece was/were, the book still make for engrossing reading (there were quite a few plot twists), esp since I was dying to see how Sophia would unravel this Gorgon's knot and resolve everything before the 'official' investigators did. And Sophia and Lucian are so perfect for each other that I couldn't help but root for them to overcome these few tiresome niggles in their relationship. I would, however, advise reading "The Impertinent Miss Bancroft" first so that you really get to appreciate the romance between Lucian and Sophia (and certain things about their engagement and Sophia's past and family background). On the whole, other than to warn that the romance subplot was a little muted this time around, I'd recommend "The Incorrigible Sophia" as a truly enjoyable read.
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Slow to start, Spicy ending.......2005-04-04
I was three-quarters through the book before I found out why Lady Catherine was walking down the path to self-destruction. She believed she was a "wanton." A prologue or flash-back to earlier incidents [later revealed] would have helped in this.
I did enjoy the "good-guy" gentleman farmer Philip Woodmere. He made the book worth reading. Also, the ending is a little spicier than most Regencies but appropriate to the over-all storyline.
Other characters in the book are not well-developed. The reasons WHY they felt the way they did was not made known. WHY did her father feel that the scandal of rejection by Staverton meant she had lost her virtue? If he had suspected Verwood of it, I might have believed it. WHY did Verwood want to marry her?
The interaction of Lady Catherine and the two great aunts and the "civilization" of the servants was a very strange side story. I also found her friends to be an annoyance rather than useful to this tale. Perhaps they are to be introduced again in later books.
An ok read, but not a keeper for me.
Main character is too modern.......2001-10-24
When I read Regency genre books I expect Regency period behavior, not contemporary culture in masquerade, and I certainly don't expect a two or three page sex scene, either. If you want to write sex scenes, do it in a Regency Historical or a contemporary. It's not really a bad book, but the main character does not act anything like a young girl of 18 or 20 should behave in this time period, and I also wasn't able to sympathize with her, even if she did have a lot of problems with her family life. In fact, there wasn't ANYONE in the book I found really likeable or to whom I cared what happened, with the exception of Lizzie, the cute little five year old, and the two great aunts.
On the plus side, Ms. Greene does know how to write. Her words flow nicely and it reads well... Perhaps with more work on making her Regencies fit the period better, her next book will be better.
a heroine that is easy to empathise with.......2001-08-31
"The Incorrigible Lady Catherine" is a retelling of that age-old story of how a young girl, told over and over again by her family that she's wild and wanton, begins to believe her own bad press, and seems poised to make the biggest mistake of her life. Elena Greene took such great care to paint Catherine's plight in such a sympathetic manner, that my feelings of compassion and empathy were easily aroused on Catherine's behalf, and I rooted for her to find the love and understanding that was so absent for her within her own immediate family before she did something totally rash that would blight her life forever.
When Catherine's father foils her attempt to elope with Lord Vernwood, Catherine little expects (eventhough she realises that he has little love for her) that he would exile her to her grandaunts' home in the Lake District. And in order to ensure that she does not runaway from them, he even provides her with two jailers in the form of two rather burly and surly servants. However, Catherine is determined to runaway to Vernwood. Apparently her 'nearest and dearest' have done a very good job of convincing her that she is a very wild and wanton young girl, and she's sure that only marriage to a rake could save her from becoming a "fallen" woman. A rake like Vernwood, although she doesn't love him, should "save" her. Unfortunately, her plans fall through when Catherine comes across a young child who has fallen into a fast moving stream. Catherine saves the child's life; but before she can effect a quick getaway, her jailers turn up and grimly escort her back to her grandaunts' home. The next day, the child's brother, Philip Woodmere, turns up at her grandaunts' home to thank her properly for her gallant rescue of his sister. Philip is drawn to Catherine's beauty and defiant air, and senses that there is more to this complex young woman than meets the eye. With her grandaunts' approval, he attempts to become her friend, and to entertain her during her stay at the Lake District. It doesn't take too long before the pair begin to fall in love with each other. However there are several obstacles to their blossoming relationship. To begin with everyone expects Philip to marry his childhood friend and neighbour, Charlotte. Furthermore, Catherine is the daughter of a duke, and Philip is only a gentleman farmer. Her father would never countenance such a match no matter that he wants Catherine off his hands. And then there is Catherine's notion that the love of a good man would not be enough to keep her from straying. Can true love prevail against such overwhelming odds?
The one thing one must keep in mind when reading "The Incorrigible Lady Catherine" is that Catherine is quite young, and has never really had the benefit of an affectionate and older woman's counsel, so that she easily believes what everyone tells her about her wildness. Add to that the stifling and loveless atmosphere in her father's house, and you get a young girl ripe to commit the biggest folly of her life. Elena Greene depicts all this brilliantly. This uncertainty, if Catherine will fall into folly, or if Philip's love will save her, is maintained throughout the novel, right till the very end. And it this doubt that makes this novel such compelling reading -- in spite of the fact that this is a 'light' Regency romance novel, things look as if they could go either way. And this is what makes "The Incorrigible Lady Catherine" worthwhile reading.
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Incorrigible (LW)
Velma Demerson
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On a May morning in 1939, eighteen-year-old Velma Demerson and her lover were having breakfast when two police officers arrived to take her away. Her crime was loving a Chinese man, a “crime” that was compounded by her pregnancy and subsequent mixed-race child. Sentenced to a home for wayward girls, Demerson was then transferred (along with forty-six other girls) to Torontos Mercer Reformatory for Females. The girls were locked in their cells for twelve hours a day and required to work in the on-site laundry and factory. They also endured suspect medical examinations. When Demerson was finally released after ten months' incarceration weeks of solitary confinement, abusive medical treatments, and the state's apprehension of her child, her marriage to her lover resulted in the loss of her citizenship status.
This is the story of how Demerson, and so many other girls, were treated as criminals or mentally defective individuals, even though their worst crime might have been only their choice of lover. Incorrigible is a survivor's narrative. In a period that saw the rise of psychiatry, legislation against interracial marriage, and a populist movement that believed in eradicating disease and sin by improving the purity of Anglo-Saxon stock, Velma Demerson, like many young women, found herself confronted by powerful social forces. This is a history of some of those who fell through the cracks of the criminal code, told in a powerful first-person voice.
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Incorrigible Bart
Juanieta Weber
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Bart King shouldn't have been...but he was! He made his presence known from the day he was born. Unchecked childish escapades developed into an adulthood of crime on every level...from peer and animal abuse to rape, robbery and murder.
He ultimately met an early, though not unexpected demise.
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Bart The Incorrigible.......2001-01-11
Prince of Darkness, mysterious gypsies and much bad weather. This is a wild ride through the plains states of America. Quite a first time offering from this octarian, great-grandmother author! Yes, Bart is very Incorrigible, a Great Book from a very creative imagination.
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Formed in the summer of 1862, the 24th Wisconsin Infantry participated in many major battles of the Western theater, earning a reputation as a brave, hard-fighting unit. Unlike other unit histories, this book makes no attempt, as the author freely admits, to provide "an objective history" of the regiment. Rather, the book digs deeper, following the personal stories of the soldiers themselves, providing hundreds of individual vignettes that, taken together, paint a vivid picture of the life of a Union soldier. Includes the personal stories of members of the 24th, including Arthur McArthur, the father of General Douglas MacArthur.
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Well-balanced and highly readable........2004-01-06
Writing a good regimental history is a complex task. While the foremost concern for any regimental author is to tell a story, it is also important to put that regiment into a proper context and offer something more to the reader than just the regiment "fought here" or "charged there." Noted historian of Wisconsin regiments, William J. K. Beaudot has succeeded admirably at presenting a well-balanced and highly readable regimental history in The 24th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War: The Biography of a Regiment.
The 24th Wisconsin, often times referred to as "The Milwaukee Regiment," has never before had its story told. Until now many only know the regiment because one of its members was Arthur McArthur - father of the famed commander of operations in the Pacific during World War II.
Drawing on an array of sources, which includes a sizeable body of published primary and archival collections Beaudot presents a history that would most certainly please the veterans of that regiment. The book is not only valuable to individuals with an interest in Wisconsin regiments, but is highly valuable to scholars and arm chair historians alike who seek to learn more about the oft-forgotten western theater and the life of the common soldier. -- Jonathan A. Noyalas, The Skirmish Line.
Fine Regimental of 24th Wisconsin.......2003-12-25
The 24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment is probably best known because of one of its leaders. Young Arthur McArthur, "the boy colonel," won fame and, later, the Medal of Honor for his heroic conduct in leading his regiment in the storming of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee.
Also known as the Milwaukee Regiment, the unit was filled with heroic young men. The author weaves the stories of all of them into a fine unit history that gives a very real flavor of what war was like for soldiers in the ranks. This book also interlaces the stories of the trials the men went through on the front line with happenings back home in Wisconsin.
Through Beaudot's narrative telling of the regiment's story, the reader learns to know its members. It is sometimes heart-wrenching to read of the maiming or death of a young soldier you get to know through quoted letters.
I highly recommend The 24th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War for anyone interested in the Western Theater of war or in the impact of war on Wisconsin, especially Milwaukee. - Robert L. Durham, Civil War News, December, 2003.
Excellant!.......2003-04-05
What a great book! Detailed, yet easy to read, this book covers all that anyone would desire to know about the 24th Wisconsin. As a regimental history, it ranks among the top that I've read. This book shows above all else the personal side of the regiment and the war. Beaudot shows how soldiers are tied to home in a much better way than have past regimental historians. As Beaudot was describing the 24th's final battle, the Battle of Nashville, I literally gasped as he told of the last man ever to be killed in the regiment. My story here tells of how much Beaudot depicted the personal side of the story. Readers become truly in touch with the men that make up this brave regiment from Milwaukee. This book is worthy to be on every Civil War buffs bookshelf.
Reader from Shawnee Oklahoma.......2003-02-23
How much more interesting and informative to read a history book which includes everyday folks and not just the well known leaders and heroes! This book is well written, easy to read and could easily interest even those who are not Civil War buffs or who don't even like history. It will be most helpful to genealogists as well. One of the better Civil War unit books I've ever read. I kept forgetting I was reading a history book! Also, it's about time the story of the 24th Wisconsin, a forgotten regiment, was told.
On Wisconsin!.......2003-02-19
While some regimental histories are black and white, two dimensional laundry lists of thinly researched memories, William J.K. Beaudot delivers a full color, 3D panorama of life in the 24th Wisconsin Infantry. Solid scholarship provides the foundation for this vivid account by an acomplished story teller. This book does justice to the men and deeds of the 24th. Men like the young Arthur MacArthur and his winning of the Medal of Honor. A fine read and a real value to anyone with an intrest in Civil War history.
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