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It has become apparent that existing habits of thought are much more firmly entrenched than I had realized, and that even where an individual has a genuinely receptive attitude toward new ideas it is very difficult for him to accomplish the reorientation of thinking that is necessary for an
understanding of the nature and implications of the new concepts upon which my theories are founded. The effectiveness of the proof which I have offered has therefore been lessened to a considerable degree by reason of a widespread inability to understand just what it is that I am proving. Obviously some more extended and detailed explanations of the new basic ideas are essential, and my more recent publications have been directed toward that end.

It is now appropriate to present a concise unified picture of the néw theoretical structure as a whole-a bird’s-eye view of the entire developmentand this present volume is designed for that purpose. Since the new concepts of the nature of space and time which have emerged from my investigation are the essential elements of the new structure, the plan of the book is to develop the background of these concepts in full detail, and then to explain, somewhat briefly, their application to each of the general fields of physical science, with particular emphasis on the simple and logical answers, usualiy of a totally unexpected nature, which the new system provides for the major unsolved problems of physics.