As the twig is bent, so grows the tree. The approach in modern academia is the systematic denial of reality, and the foundations of that denial are laid at the beginning of the student’s career. To fix it, we must begin at the beginning.

The Imperium Press Fundamentals series consists of short, serious introductions designed to start readers from the right place. Each volume explains a major topic by returning to first principles: where it came from, what problem it answered, how it works, and why it matters. Written for intelligent general readers, the series avoids flattering current opinion and gives readers the foundations they need to understand the world clearly, before inherited errors become settled convictions.