[RightWhale]

I'm starting to get the impression that the history books are not going to treat Albert Einstein kindly.

Sure they will. He did much more than the Special Theory, and his influence went far beyond physics and even science. They talk about his lack of skill with mathematics, but many physicists sought his advice. There is theoretical physics, experimental physics, and developmental physics. You could represent these divisions in order by Einstein, Faraday, and Tesla.

[martianagent]

The idea of gravity propagating at light speed seems to be a requirement of relativity, and it also seems to be grossly out of touch with reality and emperical science. Something has to be wrong with the picture.