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Arp's new book is a frontal assault on the standard model of the universe, replete with anecdotes and illustrations, including 8 pages of colour plates.

"Seeing Red" represents a senior scientist's personal account of the crisis in moderrn astronomy. Dr. Arp presents observations showing that extragalactic redshifts are not caused by an expanding universe. He crafts up an empirical picture of the birth and evolution of quasars and galaxies, demonstrating that crucial observations have been ignored and suppressed by the astronomy community. Finally, he cites examples of how academic science fails its ideals and potential.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 24 reviews)

Outstanding overview of Academic Injustice

I was taught to respect Science, not only because of the rigors required to obtain a degree, but because the quality of the character of the scientist -- a scientist is suppose to put aside their own prejudices and biases and work for the good of all mankind, not just himself. This ideal was what I was taught and adhere to even as an amateur astronomer -- facts not biases first. Over the years, after reading more and more scientific books and journals I started to question the almost fact based push of *promoting* the Big Bang over all other cosmology theories. This push became epidemic in the past decade, to the point that many a young student proclaims the "Big Bang" as the only theory to explain the beginning of the universe. From this wall of one-sided presentations, I concluded something must be up with the scientific Establishment, as this wholesale pushing of only one idea had to be not only endorsed somewhere, *taught* from high school to beyond graduate level.

After reading "Seeing Red" by Halton Arp, now I can understand how and why this one-sided push began beyond mere suspicion, and why it's a disease on Science itself -- worse than even 15th century religion crossing on its turf. Both the book, and Arp's insights of academia filled in the missing answers that couldn't have come anywhere but a source involved in Science itself -- and someone willing to talk about it.

Halton Arp is a Science maverick. He could've just did what his peers do -- maintain the status quo and promoted the Standard Model of Cosmology (the "Big Bang" theory) to maintain their tenures and reputations. Arp didn't take the easy route of academic success; he decided principle was more important than the almighty dollar. It hurt his career, but not his mission to educate a new generation of Scientists to be true to their calling. I personally am indebted to Arp for showing the courage to make a stand, and to also say his message is not lost in this age of quick internet debunking, either (e.g., tagging this book with "crank", by a "drive-by").

"Seeing Red" is a goldmine in understanding how and why Science has become a political proving ground that forgot the hallmarks of being a scientist -- like observational evidence trumps all (not mathematical equations!); let alone unbiased testing is the cornerstone of the scientific method. But alas, we learn now that it doesn't matter if the observational evidence is provided, as it's ignored to maintain the status quo (e.g., keeping tenure and reputation among peers). If you're a maverick, like Halton Arp, the status quo of nay-sayers more interested in their jobs would be quick to denounce all the years of hard scientific study to protect their backside -- *even being promoted to do so*. These petty nay-sayers even denied Arp viewing time on telescopes to protect their own jobs and reputations, as the observational evidence he provides can, and may even, upset their "Big Bang" applecart.

It's a shameful revelation of the nature of Science itself today, that money and status is more important than scientific integrity.

"Seeing Red" should be required reading for any budding scientist who wants to learn the truth about scientific academia. To also learn how petty even the brightest minds have become, to steer around the small egos, and to not only do good scientific work to benefit mankind, but to also teach a new generation of future "planet hoppers" what really matters -- intellectual honesty.

I'm giving "Seeing Red" 4 stars not due to lack of content or style of writing, but to the printing itself. The typesetting appears too been made prior to 2000, with the desktop typesetting of that era. For a book of this stature better typesetting would give it the professional polish it needs to better promote the evidence inside the pages. In this internet age, with high resolution color images at the finger tips, let alone easy to read graphs, this little oversight makes reading this very interesting book more of a chore. Hopefully, in a newer reprint, this book will get a modern facelift, and be more amicable to the new generation of heavily internet influenced scientists.

Thank you, Halton Arp for your insights and helping me to not forget that Science itself isn't what's wrong, but how mankind can gum it up. Looking forward to reading more of your work -- if for anything to be reminded that Science of our forefathers isn't dead, it waxes and wanes with the times, but a new generation will always save it from itself.
April 14, 2008

Ohmygod

Here goes my beloved world view (of a hobby cosmologist and astronomer).
Compelling arguments for a new cosmology - building up on this (and the electric universe) I now read 2 other books on the same issue - even the German "Spiegel" magazin (which always tends to be on the safe side when it comes to new developements) featured this view in the latest issue (31.12.2007)! bye bye big bang ....
December 30, 2007

A Revolutionary Theory, Scientific Evidence, A Blinkered Scientific Establishment!

"Seeing Red" by the famous astronomer Halton Arp presents scientific evidence that has made the astonomy establishment scared stiff! Arp's observations of the red shifts associated with Quasars and Seyfert Galaxies point to the "scary" conclusion that the establishment is probably "barking up the wrong tree"! Maybe the Big Bang never happened, maybe Fred Hoyle's Steady State Theory was right all along, maybe redshifts have other meanings other than just that the Universe is expanding.
If Arp is right, the establishment is going to have to go back to the drawing board and re-write modern astronomy. No wonder the establishment wants to ignore Arp's work, will not allow him to talk at conferences, refuses to publish his results, and hopes that he will just pack up and go away! When scientists will not follow their own scientific principles by examining all the evidence in an honest search for the truth, we all need to worry. Whether Arp's theory proves to be right or wrong, he should still be heard, and the results of his observations should be analysed seriously. "Seeing Red" is an interesting book by a brave scientist. It should be read by anyone who believes that science should be kept honest. I recommend the book for advanced laymen with a genuine interest in astronomy. It is not for the ordinary "man in the street" who wants a light read.
December 22, 2007

Calling it as he sees it.

One of the greatest travesties committed in science in the last 100 years was the excommunication and banishment of professional astronomer Dr Halton Arp. In this down-home account of his 5-decades journey in astrophysics, Arp describes his observational discovery of objects that could not be explained within the context of prevailing cosmological doctrine, and gives a surprisingly evenhanded report of his apalling treatment at the hands of those in control of major US observatories and the journals of astrophysics. He must be angry, surely, yet he doesn't show it. Read my version of events in my new book. The Virtue of Heresy: Confessions of a Dissident Astronomer
Hilton Ratcliffe
Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

August 30, 2007

Scholarship and Dogma

It's an indictment on establishment science that a scholar of this calibre found it necessary to publicise his research and findings in book form in the public domain, rather than through the normal peer review channels.
However, this greater accessibility has been a bonus for laymen like myself. Arp's work is quite simply of profound importance in showing the serious problems underpinning current assumptions - and conclusions - regarding redshift, and cosmology in general.
This book, and his equally excellent earlier work "Quasars, Redshifts, and Controversies" are a 'must read' for anyone interested in astronomy based on true scholarship.
Apart from being textbook source material for astronomical studies, the books also provide a sobering insight into the unethical manner in which Arp has been treated by the establishment: from being a pillar of respect, he was treated like a pariah after pursuing observations and conclusions that were contrary to accepted models.
July 22, 2007

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