Living With Wisdom, Truths that are universal, timeless, and dimensionless.
Gerald Holton (1922): In 1979 he helped with my display project at MIT, first by perusing our selection of scholars who dwelled on the first principles that guided our sciences and life. The project was named after Erwin Schrodinger’s book, “What is Life?” When he turned 103 years old, our special professor received an award from the foundation, BBVA, and then they captured his thoughts on camera.
Jean-Pierre Serre (1928): Because of an unfortunate misunderstanding, Professor Serre was single-handedly responsible for our scholars pages to begin with TO/FM/RE before any of our emails and instant messages are posted. One of the great mathematicians of our time, I had been hopeful that he would consider if the key irrational numbers could be encapsulated within those hexagonal geometries (intrinsic to the octahedron) that we had uncovered in 1998.
John Stachel (1928): A colleague from Boston University’s physics department and one of the world’s leading experts on the work of Einstein…
Antonino Zichichi (1929): His influence began in my life within a conference he had organized in 1977 in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy.
Steve Smale (1930): The question about the 64 notations from the very start of the universe until parts and waves was a challenge in 2011
John Milnor (1931): Well below the thresholds of measurement with devices, Smale’s work with attractors and repellers, forces him to think of about infinitesimals and first principles. Their help here could be invaluable. They have a standing invitation to become our advisors.
Yakir Aharonov (1932): I got to know Yakir’s work through a mutual mentor, David Bohm. In 1977 I spent a day with Bohm and eight other doctoral students talking about points, line, triangles and tetrahedrons. In 1994 I realized that we did not talk about the interiority of the tetrahedron. I made a model and the rest is history. Yaki is a professor emeritus of Tel Aviv University and the University of South Carolina. He is the president of the Israeli Institute for Advanced Research (IYAR). He was also a long-standing professor at Chapman University. Even now, I am encouraging Yaki to go rogue by first telling me if any one of the eight concepts is wrong among eight foundations.
Arieh Ben-Naim (1934): To be continued…
Auguste Meessen (1932): Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Keith Ward, (1938) Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Christ Church, Oxford