Halton Arp summarized his views in 1988 in the book "Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies" (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344118770, see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasars,_Redshifts_and_Controversies). This is possibly his best known book, although his book "Seeing Red: Redshifts, Cosmology and Academic Science" published ten years later (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234522734) seems to have more citations.
Wolfgang R. Dick
Thank you for your reply.
I am currently reading Seeing Red. The experience is like being allowed into the workshop where the furniture gets made.
I have not yet bought Quasars, Redshifts.
Also, The Galileo of Palomar about Halton Arp and his work has some interesting essays.
Thanks again.
Preston Guynn
Thank you for the reply you added to this discussion. There seem to be two issues (at least) implicit in your reply. First, is Halton Arp right or wrong about intrinsic redshift and how it affects big bang cosmology? Second, is it wise to reject a proposed hypothesis on the basis it conflicts with a consensus standard model?
The first of these two questions is a topic on its own, and I am adding it to RG, motivated to do so by your reply.
The second question should not, one might suppose, be controversial. But it seems that standardists (if such denotation can be excused) tend to oppose challenges. That seems to what Thomas Kuhn wrote about in his 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
The foundations underlying accepted science are not as firm as advertised.
Motivated by your reply, I have added to RG:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_Halton_Arp_right_or_wrong_about_intrinsic_redshift_and_how_it_affects_big_bang_cosmology
Regards
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