Book reviews: Faster than the speed of light: Shedding light on Einstein

From: Scotland on Sunday | Date: March 2, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT

Joao Magueijo

William Heinemann, GBP 16.99

BEING a controversial scientist used to mean coming up with a theory that went against conventional wisdom. Joao Magueijo certainly fits that bill, since he reckons Einstein's theory of relativity is wrong. But Magueijo's taste for controversy goes beyond challenging scientific orthodoxy. His fascinating, amusing and at times scurrilous book vilifies colleagues as cheats and "old farts", and describes university administrators in terms that have had them consulting libel lawyers. This 37-year-old Portuguese ...

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