Germar Rudolf, Resistance Is Obligatory (2012; PDF-Datei

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORY
even a doctoral dissertation on a climatological subject that I read with
real passion. The contents of that dissertation remain embedded in my
memory to this day.
In the upper level of my College prep school I spent my afternoon
spare time in elective school-sponsored study groups on conventional
and alternative energy sources and energy production. Apparently the
information provided during normal class time instruction was not
enough to satisfy my appetite.
Since an occupational advisor discouraged me from studying meteorology
at the university, calling it a “gateway to unemployment,” and
because my school performance in chemistry was outstanding, I decided
to choose this as my major subject at university. From the very beginning
of my university studies, I noticed that in comparison with the
majority of beginning students I was better prepared and more highly
motivated. Symptomatic for this was an event that occurred during the
physics lab course after the second semester. In one of the experiments
we had to measure the speed of an electron beam on the basis of the
known strength of a magnetic field. This field forced the electrons into a
circular path whose radius was easy to measure with reference to a gas
that was excited to fluoresce by the electrons.
As I was evaluating the results, it became evident that the electrons
had achieved a velocity that was a significant percentage of the speed of
light. This led me to check on my own initiative whether it would be
necessary to carry out relativistic corrections. Within the limits of the
statistic accuracy of our method, however, it turned out that this was not
necessary. As we were discussing our evaluations during the seminar,
the physics professor asked if anyone had verified whether there was a
relativistic effect in this experiment. I was the only one who responded
and presented my results. When the professor asked what equation I had
used to carry out the calculations, I swiftly recited it from memory,
whereupon the whole roomful of students stared at me as though I were
a creature from another world. Beginning students of chemistry are not
supposed to be able to carry out calculations in relativistic physics,
much less to carry the equation around in their head. Thanks to my interest
in astronomy, however, I had read a great deal about relativity
already in my senior year at high school and had carried out calculations
such as the amount of time a space ship would need in order to
reach the star Proxima Centauri at constant acceleration and decelera-
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