Machian Relativity: New Theory Glyn Phillips Can't Disprove

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Gentlemen, I've stumbled upon a book called 'Machian Relativity: The New Theory That No Scientist Can Disprove' by Glyn Phillips, and was just wondering whether anybody else has come across it and/or understands what this chap is going on about. I had a quick flick through some pages on amazon, and I presume he created this 'theory' as he doesn't really understand SR in the first place. However, I'm not an expert so any relativity buffs want to fill me in I'd be most obliged.
 
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It's total garbage.

We don't do crackpot-debunking here (if we did, there wouldn't be room for anything else) so this thread is closed.
 

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