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Hear No Evil
- Scientific Analysis of the Forensic Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination
- Narrated by: David Rapkin
- Length: 26 hrs and 50 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Groundbreaking scientific analysis that breaks the JFK assassination wide open! Did a shot from the "grassy knoll" kill President Kennedy? If so, was Oswald part of a conspiracy or an innocent patsy? Why have scientific experts who examined the evidence failed to put such questions to rest?
In 2001, scientist Dr. Donald Byron Thomas published a peer-reviewed article that revived the debate over the finding by the House Select Committee on Assassinations that there had indeed been a shot from the grassy knoll, caught on a police dictabelt recording. The Washington Post said, "The House Assassinations Committee may well have been right after all." In Hear No Evil, Thomas explains the acoustics evidence in detail, placing it in the context of an analysis of all the scientific evidence in the Kennedy assassination. Revering no sacred cows, he demolishes myths promulgated by both Warren Commission adherents and conspiracy advocates, and presents a novel and compelling reinterpretation of the "single bullet theory." More than a scientific tome, Hear No Evil is a searing indictment of the government's handpicked experts, who failed the public trust to be fair and impartial arbiters of the evidence.
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- Kara Borshuk
- 2023-03-31
very well done
much enjoyed this book, highly recommend for those seeking truth. many things I didn't know, very informative
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Langer MD
- 2023-04-17
Great Summary Of Inconsistencies. Wrong Format.
I am unsurprised to discover that credentialed scientist Dr. Donald Byron Thomas collaborated with Kennedy Assassination theorist & lawyer Jim Lesar on this project. The book reads partly like a scientific explanation/elaboration +/- challenge of the forensics used by the Warren Commission to draw their conclusions.. and partly like an item-by-item (witness testimony, crime scene characteristics, the Zapruder film, fingerprint evidence, ballistics, autopsy findings, etc) attempt to introduce reasonable doubt of that evidence to a jury: 'Hear No Evil' sounds alternately like the peer-reviewed scientific - heavily technical - paper that spawned the book.. and a transcript of a courtroom cross-examination.
The author is incredibly complete (there is almost nothing about the evidence in the case that he doesn't confront - you could learn virtually everything controversial about the forensics in the case of the JFK Assassination by reading this one book) - and presents the material in a remarkably clinical/scholarly manner without proposing conclusions - merely contending that the official narrative is pretty obviously false (look elsewhere for "CIA", "Mob", "LBJ", or "Castro" theories).
Dr. Thomas is occasionally quite sarcastic in tone - making it obvious that he considers police/investigators incompetent bunglers (at best) and openly shaking his head at their conclusions - but the approach adds badly-needed levity to the book and makes the writing more consumable.
The appended PDF (including photographs, tables, and figures) is incredibly useful, too.. but unable to elevate this audiobook presentation beyond "adequate". Reader David Rapkin reads with professional diction and commendable timbre.. but with occasional deep breaths/lip smacks, a stochastic cadence, and an almost mechanical tone.
Frankly, I don't think a flawless reader would have made a difference, however.
I rate this book quite a bit lower than it deserves - judging it worthy of 4.5 stars out of 10 - mainly because it doesn't translate well to the audiobook format. Despite a praiseworthy PDF, the often involved forensic descriptions, highly technical assertions, frequent footnotes/asides, and actual physics calculations almost *require* that interested readers flip back and forth to visually access the reference material (this book would be legitimately AWESOME if someone turned it into a documentary where you could see the measured angles, Zapruder film freeze frames, etc). Doubtless, a text version is much better than this iteration, too. If given the choice - get the paper or eBook copy.
I'm not saying that it's crazy to invest the time if you can get this recording as part of the 'Plus' initiative, mind you.. I'm just suggesting that you save your Credit for something else should they ask.
[Helpful Hint: If you decide to give this audiobook a try, the summaries at the ends of the chapters are excellent. You could conceivably skim the majority of the book - listening to the last six minutes of each chapter alone - and get all of the information you need (although the proposed summary reconstruction of the assassination (Chapter 22) is a "can't miss")]
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