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| Born | November 30, 1953 |
| Residence | Albany, CA, United States |
| Nationality | USA |
| Known for | Experiments which are repeatable and show unexpected results. |
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| Fields | Senior Technician |
Richard Jesch (born November 30, 1953) is an American senior technician and a participant in the dissident-science community associated with the Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA). He is known within that community for his interest in experiments that are repeatable and yield unexpected results, and for his skepticism toward Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
Biography
Jesch describes himself as a technician by profession. He resides in Albany, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He came to question mainstream physics through his friendship with [../php2/index.php?tab0=Scientists&tab1=Display&id=460 Lee Coe] of Berkeley, a neighbor and friend who encouraged him to think independently about accepted scientific theories. According to Jesch, it was Coe who first prompted him to consider whether Einstein's relativity made sense, an exchange he credits with liberating him to think for himself.
Jesch was also a friend of [../php2/index.php?tab0=Scientists&tab1=Display&id=48 Dr. John E. Chappell Jr.], who was present when the Natural Philosophy Alliance was formed. Jesch reports that he holds VHS home-movie recordings of some of the early NPA meetings held in San Francisco and Santa Barbara.
Views
Jesch has expressed reservations about the dominance of certain established thinkers in physics and the discouragement of free inquiry, a perspective he attributes to Coe's influence. He has stated that he did not find Einstein's relativity persuasive. He notes that he did not develop a facility for working problems out in full mathematical detail, and that he enjoys the work of others who do.