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September 9, 2002 Electrodynamics Relativity or What Dr. Einstein Did Not Tell You About Relativity by David Penny Acknowledgments Between ten and twenty years ago, I somehow came into possession of a book, Physics of the Future, by Thomas G. Barnes. At one point over ten years ago, I just glanced through the book as I was reorganizing my library. I even contacted Professor Barnes to get more information on the subject and he referred me to the periodical Galilean Electrodynamics, edited by Petr Beckmann. I also talked with Professor Beckmann on a couple of occasions and subscribed to the periodical for a couple of years (although I only read a couple of articles). I did not grasp the essence of the authors’ thinking. About two years ago, I started surveying physics again in order to aid my sons in their studies, hoping to simplify their efforts. In addition to reviewing several college and advanced high school textbooks, I returned to the works of Barnes. For the first time I began to overcome my indoctrination in areas related to modern physics - specifically Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics. I began to realize the thrust of Barnes’ thinking. I tried calling him again but I was too late—age had taken its toll on him. My efforts to reach Beckmann led only to news of his death. Fortunately, I was able to reach Don Edney, a scientist and friend, who was able to get me a later book that Barnes had written, as well as put me in contact with Professor Harold S. Slusher, a colleague of Dr. Barnes, who sent me Barnes’ latest book, Space Medium. A great deal of this paper is due to the concepts and mathematical developments generated by Professor Barnes. By his own acknowledgment he in turn is a debtor to Herbert Dingle, L. Essen, G. Burniston Brown, and Herbert Ives. Those men in turn owed much to Ernest Ruther