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	\| residence = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada		\| residence = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	\| nationality = Canadian		\| nationality = Canadian
			\| fields = Philosophy of science
			\| alma_mater = Hebrew University of Jerusalem
	\| known_for = [[Relativity]]		\| known_for = [[Relativity]]
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	~~Before 1967 I was working for myself. Between 1964~~ and ~~1967 I travelled extensively~~ in ~~Europe~~, ~~mainly in Italy but also in Germany, Switzerland, England and France~~, ~~and became closely acquainted with the art and culture of Italy~~. ~~Bertrand Russell once wrote a book entitled The ABC~~ of Relativity~~. I thought it needed updating, in light~~ of ~~more critical thinking;~~ and ~~so here I have given my own ABZ~~ of ~~Relativity ! Twenty-six papers, from (a) to (z) -- each fairly brief, except for papers (x) and (y) -- all~~ of ~~them explaining Relativity, and its flaws, in words that even a high~~-school student can understand. (I was thinking about the "Twin Paradox", and that got me started, as explained in paper (a), which I wrote when I still thought that Relativity was a logically coherent theory.)		'''Ardeshir Mehta''' is a Canadian independent researcher, writer and self-described philosopher and polymath based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is known within dissident-science circles for his writings critical of Albert Einstein's [[Special Relativity\|Special Theory of Relativity]] and of the logical foundations of non-Euclidean geometry.

	~~<span style~~=~~"font-weight: bold;">Education</span>~~		==Biography==
			Mehta was born in India and received his secondary education at the Bishop's School in Poona (Pune), India, where he obtained the Senior Cambridge School Leaving Certificate in 1959. He later studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, graduating ''cum laude'' with a B.Sc. (Agr.) in 1976.

	~~Hebrew University~~ of ~~Jerusalem~~, ~~Israel B~~.Sc. ~~Agr., 1976 (cum laude)~~		Between 1964 and 1967 he travelled extensively in Europe, principally in Italy but also in Germany, Switzerland, England and France, becoming closely acquainted with the art and culture of Italy. He subsequently settled in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where he has pursued independent research and writing. He describes his interests as spanning the philosophy of science, phenomenology and epistemology.

	~~Bishop?~~s ~~School~~, ~~Poona~~, ~~India Senior Cambridge~~ (~~School Leaving Certificate~~), ~~1959~~		==Work==
			Mehta has written extensively in an effort to critically examine, and in his view refute, the logical validity of much of what is commonly understood to be geometry, especially non-Euclidean geometry and the geometry underlying the Theory of Relativity. His arguments are presented for a general readership, and he states that he aims to explain relativity, and what he regards as its flaws, in terms that a high-school student can understand.

			A recurring theme in his writing is the [[Twin paradox\|"Twin Paradox"]] of special relativity, which he cites as the starting point of his critical interest in the subject. Taking Bertrand Russell's ''The ABC of Relativity'' as a model, Mehta compiled a series he titled the ''ABZ of Relativity'', comprising twenty-six short papers, lettered from (a) to (z), each intended to explain relativity and its perceived shortcomings. His writings, which include critiques of articles by other authors and essays on geometry and the Lorentz transformation, have been circulated online and archived on independent-research platforms. As with much dissident-science commentary on relativity, his conclusions lie outside the mainstream scientific consensus, which regards special relativity as an experimentally well-confirmed theory.

	==Abstracts==		==Abstracts==
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	* 2002 - "[[The Single Best Argument Against Special Relativity]]" ([http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/SingleBestArgumentAgainstSR.pdf Read in full])		* 2002 - "[[The Single Best Argument Against Special Relativity]]" ([http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/SingleBestArgumentAgainstSR.pdf Read in full])
	* 2000 - "[[Einstein Twin Paradox Revisted]]" ([http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/Einstein%27sTwinParadox.pdf Read in full])		* 2000 - "[[Einstein Twin Paradox Revisted]]" ([http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/Einstein%27sTwinParadox.pdf Read in full])

			==External links==
			* [https://independent.academia.edu/ArdeshirMehta1 Ardeshir Mehta on Academia.edu]
			* [https://organicdesign.nz/Ardeshir_Mehta Ardeshir Mehta on the Organic Design wiki]
			* [https://medium.com/@mehtaardeshir Ardeshir Mehta on Medium]

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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ardeshir Mehta
| image = Ardeshir Mehta 871.jpg
| alt = Ardeshir Mehta
| residence = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| nationality = Canadian
| known_for = [[Relativity]]
}}

Before 1967 I was working for myself. Between 1964 and 1967 I travelled extensively in Europe, mainly in Italy but also in Germany, Switzerland, England and France, and became closely acquainted with the art and culture of Italy. Bertrand Russell once wrote a book entitled The ABC of Relativity. I thought it needed updating, in light of more critical thinking; and so here I have given my own ABZ of Relativity ! Twenty-six papers, from (a) to (z) -- each fairly brief, except for papers (x) and (y) -- all of them explaining Relativity, and its flaws, in words that even a high-school student can understand. (I was thinking about the "Twin Paradox", and that got me started, as explained in paper (a), which I wrote when I still thought that Relativity was a logically coherent theory.)

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Education</span>

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel B.Sc. Agr., 1976 (cum laude)

Bishop?s School, Poona, India Senior Cambridge (School Leaving Certificate), 1959

==Abstracts==

* 2002 - "[[The Single Best Argument Against Special Relativity]]" ([http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/SingleBestArgumentAgainstSR.pdf Read in full])
* 2000 - "[[Einstein Twin Paradox Revisted]]" ([http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/Einstein%27sTwinParadox.pdf Read in full])

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