The author explains for us, in this exhilarating, epistemological discourse, how the theory of relativity and the standard model for the physics of subatomic particles is leading modern physics down an ominous dead-end street where irrationality and the inadequate, indiscriminate use of mathematics and of field experimentation, without the support of substantial theoretical bases, is creating a new physics where common sense and reality seem to have no place whatsoever and where everything, absolutely everything, has an explanation, no matter how absurd it may appear, if one may develop mathematical models ad hoc which, with time, take on the connotation of irremovable axioms.

This book is quite controversial and very surely will raise lively discussions and deep intellectual restlessness in lay circles, as well as at the bosom of the international scientific community, because the author's discoveries give a lost symmetry back to modern physics, removing it from the marshy, moving lands across which it has been traveling throughout the past 90 years.

For over one hundred years scientists have debated the validity of one of the most famous scientific works of the twentieth century: Einstein's Special Relativity (SR). Einstein started the debate by declaring that space was empty requiring no propagation medium to transmit light. A groundbreaking book 'Problems with Einstein's Relativity' by ex Stanford University & NASA scientist Professor Selwyn Wright, puts forward irrefutable evidence that Einstein's SR is an inaccurate description of the light propagation process. It resolves all subsequent paradoxes in an entertaining and enlightening manner. Without a propagation medium, SR cannot explain how light propagates, how the wave equation can be formed, how light paths can be determined or how the direction of time can be established. This new book answers these questions and makes the connection between the electric field, gravity and motion. For the first time, the motional wave equation has been solved for individual source and observer motion. The solution provides an insight into space travel, time travel and the ageing process. The universe is revisited through the eyes of the rediscovered propagation medium. Nothing more is required, no SR, no Einstein influence of any kind. Readers interested in science history, Einstein and SR in general, will also find this book of interest. It not only offers a revised view of the universe, but also describes the major events, participants, their contributions, experiments and their assumptions leading to SR and through to the present theory.

Zoltan J Kiss re-examines Einstein's ground-breaking work on relativity. He uncovers and resolves the significant inconsistencies which he demonstrates impose unnecessary limitations on the full flowering of the theories of relativity.

The book states that the real reciprocal character is missing from the existing concept of relativity, therefore the time formula in the Special Theory is inadequate. The book also proves that there is a misunderstanding and misinterpretation on the transformation of space coordinates in the Special Theory.

The energy balance approach introduced by the book shows that the collision of electromagnetic waves with inert bodies or systems of reference in acceleration in a space without gravitational field results in similar effect as Einstein a priori attributed to Gravitation.

The findings of the book are questioning the foundation of the General Theory and state the Euclidean geometry still holds good, but the approach must be changed.

The book offers the correct formula for the time relations of systems of reference in relative motion, characterises the unity of the mass-energy balance, defines new categories of intensity of events and event concentration, describes the motion with v=lim c, the acceleration for infinite time, extends the meaning of Doppler's formula, investigates the blue and red shift of electromagnetic waves and gives the premium formula of the blue and red shift sequence for use.

His energy balance approach brings Kiss to a revolutionary new definition of Gravitation, a definition which offers the world a new source of energy.

The author explains for us, in this exhilarating, epistemological discourse, how the theory of relativity and the standard model for the physics of subatomic particles is leading modern physics down an ominous dead-end street where irrationality and the inadequate, indiscriminate use of mathematics and of field experimentation, without the support of substantial theoretical bases, is creating a new physics where common sense and reality seem to have no place whatsoever and where everything, absolutely everything, has an explanation, no matter how absurd it may appear, if one may develop mathematical models ad hoc which, with time, take on the connotation of irremovable axioms.

This book is quite controversial and very surely will raise lively discussions and deep intellectual restlessness in lay circles, as well as at the bosom of the international scientific community, because the author's discoveries give a lost symmetry back to modern physics, removing it from the marshy, moving lands across which it has been traveling throughout the past 90 years.

The hacker's approach to Special Relativity grew out of an attempt to demystify the puzzling features of the theory to intelligent but intuition-blocked lay persons by a strategy aimed at this particular handicap:

1. The insufficiently understood basic concepts, the most obstinate stumbling blocks, are explained at length first.
2. The four-dimensional cornerstone of the theory, the all-important Invariant, is presented as a geometric structure analogous to the Diagonal of a box-like Frame of Reference to which Time is subsequently added as the Fourth Dimension.
3. The exposition of the theory of Special Relativity is primarily intuition-oriented while remaining also geometrically conceptualized and mathematically developed. It is built up from scratch around First Principles starting out with our primitive notions of Space, Time and Motion which are then continually updated and refined.
4. The conceptual tools and terminology for investigating Linear Motion at Uniform Velocity are provided in a step-by-step fashion and always visualized by suitable illustrations.
5. The Spacetime "terrain" (curved but not spherical) and its "domains" (Past, Present and Future) are defined, mapped and explained.
6. The standard topics of Special Relativity are individually elaborated in the already introduced step-by-step fashion and its mathematical results, the equations, are not just displayed in print as usually done in undergraduate textbooks but are actually derived from familiar situations using only elementary algebra, the simplest possible math for the task. These derivations are additionally written out fully in longhand for the benefit of those still inexperienced or whose math has all gone to rust.

Besides standard fare, two speculative topics are included: (1) a "Faster than Light" chapter dealing with its chief reputed consequence, the reversal of Time Arrow once the travel speed has "crashed" the "Light Barrier," and (2) a tentative description of a very-very fast moving object caught by our wide-open eyes or by a super-fast shutter speed camera.

The book and its intended readership are described in the Preface. Basic concepts and a brief historical background of the theory are given in the Introduction. In Chapters I-XV, you'll find the main topics and in the Postscript, there are additional comments pertinent to, but reaching above and beyond, the contents of this book.

The relativity of time, space, and mass is covered first, giving some attention to the history of the two main divisions of relativity, the special and the general. Once special relativity and its mathematics are established, general relativity is covered, beginning with its relationship to Newton's laws and advancing through its revolutionary concepts as well as its mathematics.

This process is carried all the way to the level of tensor equations. The Mathematics of Relativity for the Rest of Us treats topics such as: The constant speed of light, the invariant laws of physics, the basis and meaning of the equation E = mc², the nature of curved four-dimensional space-time, the importance of non-Euclidean geometry, the gravitational bending of light, experimental confirmation of relativity, the philosophical and intellectual appeal of relativity, the nature of black holes, and the cosmologic significance of relativity -- both as concepts and as mathematical issues.

As a result the sufficiently attentive reader is set at ease with the reputedly incomprehensible but essential details about relativity. Even subjects such as "tensor calculus" and the "covariant partially differential field equations of general relativity" will be clear. For instance such a reader will know just what a "tensor" is, why the equations are "covariant," why they are "partially differential," why they are "field" equations, why relativity can be "general," and most importantly just what is meant by "relativity." Furthermore, if a reader is shown the fundamental equation of general relativity,

he or she will understand what every term of this equation means, why each is included, what obstacles Einstein and his colleagues overcame to derive each term, what impact this equation has on modern science, and why this equation revolutionized our understanding of our universe.

The Mathematics of Relativity for the Rest of Us also devotes a chapter to the relationship between relativity and quantum mechanics. It reveals the limitations of relativity and the direction of future work in this branch of science. The chapter concludes with the role of string theory in reconciling relativity and quantum mechanics.