How to Build a Flying Saucer: And Other Proposals in Speculative Engineerings

By T.B. Pawlicki

Book Overview

In this writing the author reveals the known technology and forgotten inventions including some registered with the U.S. Patent Office) that show how many "impossible" inventions might actually be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134024613
• ISBN13: 9780134024615
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Much More Than Flying Saucers

I have this book. The Title page shows a date I scribbled in at the top of October 28, 1982. Been working on it ever since. Buying another copy now for a friend. The comments that appear relative to this title from skeptical reviewers are likely from the establishment types, the very types that Pawlicki embarrasses with each flip of the page. Thus, criticism of this title is to be expected. Whenever the establishment thinking is severely challenged, there is bound to be a wailing not unlike the sound of a band of scorched cats. The prospective purchaser would do well to disregard such nonsense and give this title a spin around the block. Good grief, if you go for a 2nd hand copy, the book is cheaper than the shipping! The chapters. "Beyond Velikovsky" and "Time Travel" are worth their weight in gold. That is, assuming the reader values truth more than tradition. This little book goes down as one of the most profound discussions I've ever encountered in my 59 years of life. Is Pawlicki right in his assessments; more right than the establishment scientists? Who am I to judge? I have learned, however, that if you try to use your voltmeter to measure current, and the instrument doesn't have an overload protection module, you soon have a burned out test instrument. That is to say-- proving the reality of anything is as much a matter of using the correct instrument as demonstrating your thesis is correct. If one proceeds along such lines of thinking with this title, I can't imagine the customer not coming away with some benefit. And you'll find yourself going back to this little book many times, and what with the Internet (which didn't even exist when I bought my first copy), it opens up avenues for a great deal of further research.

Never Loan it out.

I have had two copies of this book, and it seems to turn the most honest engineer into a bookkeeper. I have twice loaned out the copy I had, and both times, I lost what I have learned to consider a priceless document. Another friend has sworn he returned it, so I may be the miscreant in that case. Even so, it seems to be gone so I got on A-dot-C to find another. I think I will get 2 this time. It is a book that triggers thought paths never before uused in your mind. Warning! Get your own copy and NEVER LOAN IT OUT.

Science denied by prejudice

This is an outstanding book. Not so much by the scientific true that it reports, but mostly by the fresh new insight into some matters that scientists have blacklisted from their views of science by sheer prejudice. It is not written with the illiterate reader in mind and it's not a book for everyone. However, if you have some interest in science, you should read this book. Not only it will make you think (which is the primary purpose of any book), but it may lead you to read further on the more controversial matters (namely Velikovsky and Tesla). If you do so, you will find yourself wondering why the whole scientific community made a spectacle of itself by rejecting any scientific approach to refute Velikovsky theories. Instead they all threw out their irracional gut feelings and fears - What is so appaling in Velikovsy's work that can make all "scientists" act this way? Decide for yourself - Read on and have an opinion! That's what's it's all about!

Excellent Mind Expanding book

I loved this book. The information is direct, sensible and seemingly plausible (except perhaps to Cambridge trained physicists :)I agree with the previous reviewer who stated that the chapter on Velikovsky alone is worth what you would pay for this book.

Relativity and gravity clearly defined.

This book should be brought, if for nothing else, then for the chapter entitled, "Beyond Velikovsky". In this treatise, the author clearly explains the theory of relativity and how it relates to gravity. Pawlicki's contention is that gravity is a standing wave structure, as is all matter in the universe. His theories combine relativity and harmonics into somewhat of a unified theory of matter. He builds his case thoroughly, through incremental logical steps that will leave the reader in utter amazement that the establishment just doesn't get these simple concepts! (Or maybe they do, and are suppressing them from the public). At any rate, this book will enhance your understanding of relativity, time travel and harmonics theories, and is a must-read for all budding theorists.