At 5:20 in the afternoon on 9/11, Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapsed, even though it had not been struck by a plane and had fires on only a few floors. The reason for its collapse was considered a mystery. In August 2008, NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) issued its report on WTC 7, declaring that "the reason for the collapse of World Trade Center 7 is no longer a mystery" and that “science is really behind what we have said.” Showing that neither of these claims is true, David Ray Griffin demonstrates that NIST is guilty of the most serious types of scientific fraud: fabricating, falsifying, and ignoring evidence. He also shows that NIST’s report left intact the central mystery: How could a building damaged by fire—not explosives—have come down in free fall?

デイヴィッド・レイ・グリフィンが描く本作は、公式見解という巨大な壁に科学的論理で挑む、緻密な知の闘争の記録です。そこには真実を希求する学者の凄まじい執念と、事実が放つ圧倒的なリアリティが宿っています。 物理法則という絶対的な審判を前に、権威の脆弱さを暴き出す考察は極めて鋭利です。自由落下という不可解な謎を巡る論理は、私たちの常識を根底から揺さぶり、思考の独立性を激しく問いかけます。真実の深淵を覗き込むような、スリリングで情熱的な知的冒険を約束してくれる一冊です。