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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Neil E. Munch
| image = Neil E Munch 47.jpg
| alt = Neil E. Munch
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|11|13|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date|2014|07|02|mf=y}}
| fields = [[Mechanical Engineer|Mechanical Engineering]], Aerospace Engineering
| residence = Gaithersburg, MD, United States
| nationality = USA
| known_for = Critiques of [[Special Theory of Relativity|Special Relativity]], co-founding the [[Natural Philosophy Alliance|NPA]]
}}

'''Neil E. Munch''' (November 13, 1926 – July 2, 2014) was an American mechanical and aerospace engineer with a life-long interest in space, advanced physics and cosmology, and an insatiable curiosity about most everything. Throughout his work he stressed the central importance of clearly stated assumptions in all scientific endeavor, and he influenced a generation of critical thinkers around the world. He was a co-founder and founding director of the [[Natural Philosophy Alliance]] (NPA).

==Career==

Munch spent his early career (1948–1956) on advanced engineering projects in rocket propulsion, space travel, information systems and ordnance systems at several companies. In 1956 he joined the General Electric Space Division as a scientific contributor and manager, eventually leading space-sciences groups of up to 45 people, and remained there until 1986. Some of the rocket engines he designed were successfully flown and are now on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

In 1984 he founded and served as president of Munch Engineering Corporation. Over his career he published more than 100 papers questioning aspects of modern physics, some of them in refereed journals, with a particular focus on what he considered unwarranted or shifting assumptions in Einstein's [[Special Theory of Relativity]].

==Education==

* B.S.M.E. (Mechanical Engineering), 1948 – Cornell University
* Graduate aeronautical engineering studies – Cornell University
* Graduate engineering and physics studies – Stevens Institute of Technology
* M.S. in Engineering, 1951, followed by Ph.D. studies
* Licensed Professional Engineer, New York State, 1956
* Studied Modern Physics under Edwin Taylor of MIT through numerous GE-sponsored advanced education programs

==Natural Philosophy Alliance==

In 1994, Munch was a co-founder and founding director of the [[Natural Philosophy Alliance]] (NPA), together with Dr. [[John Chappell|John E. Chappell Jr.]] and others. The NPA grew to more than 200 members across the United States and other countries, providing a forum for scientists and independent researchers critical of mainstream physics — especially Einstein's [[Special Theory of Relativity]].

==Abstracts==

* 2010 - "[[Value of Assumption Controls in Advanced Physics]]" ([http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_5656.pdf Read in full])
* 2009 - "[[Eight Evidences that Science has Quietly By-passed Special Relativity (SRT) in Thomas Kuhn's Predicted Fashion]]" 
* 2009 - "[[A Few of the Possible Future Benefits from Correcting the Flaws in Special Relativity (SRT)]]" 
* 2009 - "[[Simple but Critical Flaws in 20th Century "Modern Physics" and some Benefits of their Correction]]" 
* 2008 - "[[Possible Nature of Light and other Emissions]]" 
* 2008 - "[[How Radiation Wavelengths Can Vary by 16 Orders of Magnitude  While Speeds of those Emissions Remain Constant]]" 
* 2008 - "[[Simple Assumption Errors Invalidated Relativity]]" ([http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_80.pdf Read in full])
* 2007 - "[[Overlooked Implications of Galileo's Relative Motion Observations]]" 
* 2007 - "[[Possible Experiments Simulating Optical Doppler Effects at All Speeds ]]" 
* 2007 - "[[The Possible Nature of Light Emissions ]]" 
* 2007 - "[[Universal Time Confirmation Using the Unique Aspects of Relative Motion in Galileo?s 400 Year-old Observations ]]" 
* 2006 - "[[Flawed Assumptions in MMX Prevented Aether Detection]]" 
* 2006 - "[[Some Questions Raised by the 'Three Reference Frames' ]]" 
* 2006 - "[[Simple (but Critical) Flaws in Special Relativity Discussed in Everyday Language]]" 
* 2006 - "[[Ten Reasons Why We Need to Continue Discussing Special Relativity?s Flaws]]" 
* 2005 - "[[Consequences of Relativity?s Failure To Control Assumptions]]" 
* 2005 - "[[Light Wave Discontinuities and their Solution]]" 
* 2004 - "[[Early Results of NPA's Opinion Survey]]" 
* 2004 - "[[Possible Doppler Results from Stellar Emitters Traveling at Super-Luminal Speeds]]" 
* 2003 - "[[Continuity of Light Waves Over High-Speed Frames]]" 
* 2003 - "[[Possible Doppler Experiments at Super-Luminal Source Speeds]]" 
* 2002 - "[[Critical Flaws in Special Relativity and Its Possible Replacement by Doppler Concepts]]" 
* 2000 - "[[Are Flaws Due to Shifting Assumptions in Relativity Too Simple to Grasp?]]" 
* 2000 - "[[Five Sets of Experimental Evidence Which Contradict Special Relativity]]" 
* 2000 - "[[Unwarranted Assumption Shifts in Relativity and Suggestions for Improved Controls ]]" 
* 1999 - "[[Boundaries of Applicability of Special Relativity]]" 
* 1999 - "[[Conflicts in Special Relativity Resulting from Assumption Shifts]]" 
* 1999 - "[[What Exactly Are the Problems (If Any) with Special Relativity Theory and Tests?]]" 
* 1999 - "[[Simultaneity of Clocks Need Not be a Concern in Special Relativity]]" 
* 1998 - "[[Conflicting Relationships in Special Relativity and its Doppler Equations]]" 
* 1998 - "[[Coping with Suppression of Innovative Thought]]" 
* 1998 - "[[Inadequate Controls of Assumptions in Special Relativity]]" 
* 1997 - "[[Clarified Relationships of Special Relativity and Doppler Equations]]" 
* 1997 - "[[Discussion of Relativistic and Non-relativistic Theories of the Doppler Effect]]" 
* 1997 - "[[What Exactly Are the Problems (If Any) with Special Relativity Theory and Tests]]" 
* 1997 - "[[Examples of Conflicts in Special Relativity Resulting from Shifting Assumptions]]" 
* 1996 - "[[Imprecise Recognition of Intervals in Relativity Derivations]]" 
* 1996 - "[[Incompatibility of Lorentz Transformations with Michelson-Morley Data]]" 
* 1996 - "[[Are Lorentz's and Einstein's Equations Incompatible with Michelson-Morley Results?]]" 
* 1996 - "[[A Non-Lorentzian Aether]]" 
* 1996 - "[[Recent Neo-Newtonianism in Russia; New Global Strategies]]" 
* 1995 - "[[Alternative Special Relativity Transformations]]" 
* 1995 - "[[The Derivations of the Einstein-Lorentz Transformation]]" 
* 1995 - "[[Precision; Simultaneity]]" 
* 1994 - "[[Is There a Math Error in Einstein's 1905 Derivation of SRT?]]" 
* 1994 - "[[Are there Mathematical Errors in Einstein's 1905 Derivation of Special Relativity (SRT)?]]" 

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