New David Griffin Book: 'The Mysterious Collapse of WTC 7'

[Shoestring]

David Ray Griffin has an important new book that has just been published in the U.S. and which is available to pre-order in the UK. The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7, is available to pre-order at Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Collapse-World-Trade-Center/dp/1844 370836/
or you can buy it now from the publisher, Interlink Books:
http://www.interlinkbooks.com/product_info.php?products_id=2130

The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7: Why the Final Official Report About 9/11 Is Unscientific and False
By David Ray Griffin

At 5:20 in the afternoon on 9/11, Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapsed, even though it had not been struck by a plane and had fires on only a few floors. The reason for its collapse was considered a mystery. In August 2008, NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) issued its report on WTC 7, declaring that "the reason for the collapse of World Trade Center 7 is no longer a mystery" and that "science is really behind what we have said." Showing that neither of these claims is true, David Ray Griffin demonstrates that NIST is guilty of the most serious types of scientific fraud: fabricating, falsifying, and ignoring evidence. He also shows that NIST's report left intact the central mystery: How could a building damaged by fire--not explosives--have come down in free fall?

"A definitive study of what happens when political concerns are permitted to override science and the scientific method. With intellectual finesse worthy of a scientist, Griffin shows that NIST's WTC 7 report has no scientific credibility. A must read for all concerned with the restoration of science to its 'rightful place' in our democracy."--John D. Wyndham, Ph.D., Physics, Cambridge University; former Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology

"David Ray Griffin has written a powerful book that asks disturbing questions and seeks to debunk myths about September 11. It is provocative, well-researched, and beyond convincing."--Rosie O'Donnell

"David Ray Griffin has provided a comprehensive dismantling of NIST's theory about WTC 7, according to which it suffered global collapse because of ordinary building fires. Besides showing that NIST committed massive scientific fraud, Griffin also points out that NIST was able to complete its theory only by affirming a miracle: a steel-framed high-rise building coming down in free fall even though explosives had not been used to remove its columns."--Richard Gage, member of American Institute of Architects; founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth

"During my 33 years as a research physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory, it was my great joy to be able to contribute to the advancement of science without the slightest interference by NRL officials. So I was sickened to read in David Ray Griffin's assiduously researched book of unequivocal evidence for massive scientific fraud committed by a politicized NIST. I implore President Obama to end the subversion of science at NIST and open a new, unfettered, investigation of the 9/11 attacks." –David L. Griscom, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Physical Society

"If you consider it important that the US government's science agencies provide truthful information to the public, this book by David Ray Griffin is a must read. It shows beyond a shadow of doubt that NIST's report on the 'collapse' of WTC 7 did not tell us the truth."--Dwain Deets, former Director for Research Engineering at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

"Once again, David Ray Griffin has taken on a complicated piece of the 9/11 story and made it understandable. Whether you are a novice about 9/11 or have been following the inconsistencies of the government's story closely, you will find Griffin's new book enlightening."--Lorie Van Auken, widow of Kenneth Van Auken, who was killed at WTC 1 on 9/11, and member of the Family Steering Committee for the 9/11 Commission

"Based on my engineering knowledge and experience, I fully agree with Dr. Griffin's conclusion that NIST's report on the collapse of WTC 7 is pseudo-science, containing claims that are misleading and even outright false. Numerous contradictions exposed by outside experts during the public review process were completely ignored, because they did not fit NIST's contrived explanation."--Jack Keller, Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers; member of the National Academy of Engineering

"In 2004, over 15,000 scientists charged that the Bush administration had engaged in persistent 'distortion of scientific knowledge for partisan political ends.' In this book, David Ray Griffin shows that NIST's report on the destruction of WTC 7 is plagued throughout with various forms of scientific fraud, all of which point to a deliberate effort to avoid the extensive evidence that WTC 7 was brought down by controlled demolition."--Earl Staelin, attorney in Denver, Colorado

"Professor Griffin's meticulous dissection of NIST's WTC 7 report shows just why its theory of fire-induced progressive collapse is wholly inadequate and essentially fraudulent, and why the actual demise of this huge building could have been brought about only by intentional demolition, which could have been set up and carried out only by domestic forces."--Tony Szamboti, mechanical engineer and former member of the US Navy

David Ray Griffin has published 35 books in philosophy (including philosophy of science), religion, and politics. His previous book about 9/11, The New Pearl Harbor Revisited, was a Publishers Weekly "Pick of the Week" in November 2008.

The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7: Why the Final Official Report About 9/11 Is Unscientific and False is available at Interlink Books (http://www.interlinkbooks.com) and at local bookstores for $20.

[Shoestring]

Griffin's book, The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7, has now been released in the UK and is in stock at Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Collapse-World-Trade-Center/dp/1844 370836/

Be sure to buy copies of the book for yourself and your friends. And post a review at Amazon, if you can.

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Chapters and subheadings (there are subheadings within subheadings)

Introduction: The Background to NIST's WTC7 Report

1 NIST as a political, not a scientific, theory


Suspects, Investigations and 9/11
The FEMA-ASCE report
The 9/11 Commission
NIST: An agency of the Bush-Cheney Administration



2 Some principles of scientific method



Scientific fraud

Principles violated by scientific fraud in the strict sense

Evidence should not be fabricated
Evidence should not be falsified
Relevant evidence should not be ignored

Principles violated by scientific fraud in a broader sense

Extra-Scientific considerations should not be allowed to determine conclusions
An investigation should begin with the most likely hypothesis
When two or more hypotheses seem equally adequate, the simplest one should be preferred
Strawman arguments should be avoided
Prima Facie implausible claims should not be made without good reason
Unprecedented causes should not, without good reason, be posited to explain familiar occurrences
Scientists should not make claims implying that the laws of nature have been violated
Scientific work should be reviewed by peers before being published


3 NIST's refusal to begin with the most likely hypothesis



The most likely hypothesis
NIST's alternative to the most likely hypothesis


4 NIST's ignoring of evidence for explosives



Squibs and blown out windows
Molten metal in the debris
Scientific reports indicating extremely high temperatures
The 'deepest mystery': thinning and sulfidation of steel
Heat and unusual emissions at ground zero
Red/grey chips: more evidence for the use of nanothermite
Did NIST test for thermite residue?


5 NIST's ignoring of testimonial evidence for explosives



NIST's treatment of testimonial evidence about explosions in the twin towers
Testimonies about explosions in WTC 7 from witnesses outside the building
Statements about explosions in WTC 7 from witnesses inside the building
Testimonies about foreknowledge of WTC 7's collapse
Premature media reports of WTC 7's collapse
Reports of intentions to bring WTC 7 down
Expert testimony that explosives brought WTC 7 down


6 NIST's straw-man arguments against explosives



NIST's 'plausible blast scenario'
NIST's three-fold argument against its 'plausible' scenario
The most plausible or least plausible scenario?
NIST on thermite/thermate
Might NIST have been unaware of nanothermites?
NIST's implicit acknowledgement that explosives destroyed the twin towers


Part 2: NIST's unscientific arguments for its own theory


7 NIST's theory of unprecedented collapse: an overview



The unprecedented nature of WTC 7's collapse
The main elements of the NIST's theory


8 The initiation and spread of fires: NIST's unempirical account



Requirements of NIST's theory
When, Where and How did the fires start?
Alleged eyewitness testimony of earlier fires
The spread and evidence of the fires


9 Fire and steel temperatures: implausible claims based on distorted data



Fire temperatures and durations
Steel temperatures


10 From thermal expansion to global collapse: fabrications and contradictions



NIST's theory of damage caused by thermal expansion
NIST's theory of global collapse



Conclusion: NIST's WTC 7 report as unscientific and false



NIST's WTC 7 report as unscientific: a summary
NIST's WTC 7 report as false

[Mark Gobell]

I'd forgotten when this book was first published.

Got my copy this morning and it says First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Arris Publishing. It carries a 2010 copyright too.

Anyway.

We all know that WTC7 was demolished with explosives.

But.

If you want a readable example of how to destroy 7 years of NIST research and reports on the subject, in one volume then this is the book.

I, like many others I suspect, had simply retained NIST's eventual admission, in response to David Chandler's challenge, that WTC7 fell with gravitational acceleration for 2.25 seconds.

That's all I knew really.

I now know lots, lots more.

With 9/11 it is very easy to run out of adjectives to describe what we've come to know about the event and it's cover up.

This book provokes exactly the same reactions.

In this, post enlightenment, post modern world that we are supposed to be living in, I can only describe the realisation of such wilful fraud as a crime of the highest order.

A crime against science and humanity.

If you think you knew everything there is to know about NIST and WTC7, I politely suggest that you read this book.

[Mark Gobell]

Shoestring

I see you get a mention in DRG's book.

Well done sir.

You deserve it.

[Mark Gobell]

Appendix A of DRG's book, mentions these reports by Jeremy Baker:

Was WTC7 a dud.

and

Stunning Video of WTC 7’s Damaged South Face

Which includes the incriminating still from this ABC video showing the huge "gash" on the south side of WTC7, ironically sourced from a debunking site.

[Mark Gobell]

Short 10 minute video from Jonathan H Cole P.E., who took a rolled steel joist, stuffed the sides full of wall board, crushed concrete, aluminium and various other detritus, then placed the package on top of a bonfire where it burned for a day or two, so that we might see the eutectic steel produced by the sulphur in the wall board.

9/11 Experiments: The Mysterious Eutectic Steel

[Mark Gobell]

Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth

AE911Truth Engineer Does for Free what NIST Couldn’t for Millions

Written by Dick Scar
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 01:55

One of several burning questions surrounding the destruction of World Trade Center Building 7 was: “Where did the sulfur come from that melted some of the structural steel members from the building so much that they looked more like “Swiss cheese”? Sulfur reduces the melting point of iron by producing a eutectic mixture. The New York Times called these pieces of melted steel “perhaps the deepest mystery uncovered in the investigation.” FEMA documented the “intergranular melting, rapid oxidation, and sulfidation” of the steel members in Appendix C of their May 2002 Building Performance Assessment Team (BPAT) Report, yet offered no explanation for this phenomena which required temperatures far in excess of that which office fires or jet fuel could have provided.

Some government officials have attempted to explain the issue away by alleging that the sulfur came from normal building materials like gypsum wallboard. But gypsum wallboard has been used for a hundred years to protect steel structural members and has never “attacked” it before. Independent scientists have found evidence that the sulfur most likely came from thermate. Sulfur is added to thermite (an incendiary used by the military to cut through steel like a hot knife through butter) to make thermate. Scientists and engineers have urged the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to perform experiments to determine the source of the sulfur. But despite spending over $20,000,000 NIST failed to do any experiments or provide a working theory.

Enter Jonathan Cole, P.E., Civil Engineer, who has three keys to success: a desire to know the truth, a lot of determination, and a big back yard. He wanted to know if normal building materials, including wallboard, diesel fuel, and aluminum, could release the sulfur needed to attack the steel. View the dramatic video of this creative no-holds-barred backyard experiment that proves, for free, what NIST could not, or would not, for $20 million.