Author: D. Asoka Mendis
D. Asoka Mendis is an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Space Physics at
the University of California, San Diego. He has investigated a wide area of
astrophysics and planetary physics, while also pioneering the development
of the physics of dusty plasmas. Lately he has published a memoir of his life
and thought, Events on My World Line, 2017 (Amazon.com).
Euclid: The Man Who Showed Us How to Think, Part II
Perhaps the earliest Greek mathematician who was fascinated by numbers was Pythagoras of Samos (circa 525 BCE). He was a highly eccentric man who started his own school in Croton in southern Italy and went on to become essentially a cult leader. He insisted that his students devote themselves not only to mathematics but also …
Euclid: The Man Who Showed Us How to Think, Part I
Two ancient books, coming down the ages from over two millennia ago, are generally credited as the most well-read books of all time. The first book, the Bible (composed of the older Jewish testament and the newer Christian testament)—claimed by its adherents to be the “word of the one true God”—was written by a multitude …