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Booklet republished from an article in Scribner's Magazine, V88, N5, pp. 527-538 (Nov 1930).  This warning against too quick an acceptance of the theories of Albert Einstein is by the professor of celestial mechanics at Columbia University.  Professor Poor presents his reasons for thinking Einstein a false prophet when the majority of scientists accept him - blindly, he contends.

"This work is intended for the general reader as well as for the scientist, working in lines other than astronomy.  It is an attempt to explain in non-technical language and without the use of complicated mathematical formulas the fundamental facts and principles of gravitational astronomy, and to submit the so-called astronomical proofs of Relativity Theory to a critical examination and discussion..." - Preface