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Richard L. Thompson
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Richard L. Thompson
Born1947
Binghamton, New York
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NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Author, editor

Richard L. Thompson also known as Sadaputa Dasa, (1947 - September 18, 2008) was a mathematician, academic, author and American Vaishnava. He published several books and articles, including Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race (1993), co-authored with Michael Cremo. With his writings on cosmology, Darwinism and religion, he is sometimes identified[by whom?] as a "Vedic Creationist".

Thompson was a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement or ISKCON) and a disciple of the movement's founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was also a founding member of the "Bhaktivedanta Institute", an ISKCON academic think tank.

Biography

He was born in Binghamton, New York, in 1947. In 1974, Thompson received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University. He specialized in probability theory and statistical mechanics. Later, he conducted research in quantum physics and mathematical biology at the La Jolla Institute in San Diego, the State University of New York at Binghamton, and Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He died on September 18, 2008.[citation needed]

Forbidden Archeology and other publications

Thompson a wrote many articles for scientific journals and for Back To Godhead, the official magazine of ISKCON, and published seven monographs.[citation needed]

In 1993 Thompson co-wrote Forbidden Archeology, a pseudoscientific tract proposing antievolutionism from a Hindu perspective.[1][2][3][4]

The book claims that humans have lived on the earth for millions, or billions, of years, and that the scientific establishment has suppressed the fossil evidence for extreme human antiquity.[5] The authors speak about a "knowledge filter" as the reason for this suppression. Forbidden Archeology has attracted some attention from creationists and paranormalists.[clarification needed][6]

Meera Nanda in the Indian magazine Frontline called Cremo and Thompson "the intellectual force driving Vedic creationism".[7]

In 1996 Thompson and Cremo appeared on the NBC special The Mysterious Origins of Man, which was widely criticized by the scientific community.[citation needed]

Thompson also researched UFO phenomena. In 1993 he wrote Alien Identities in which he explored parallels between modern UFO accounts and descriptions found within the ancient Sanskrit writings of India.[8]

He wrote two books on Hindu cosmology, Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy (1989) and Mysteries of the Sacred Universe (2000).[9][10]

In his final book, Maya: The World as Virtual Reality (2003), Thompson utilized virtual reality as a metaphor for the Hindu concept of maya:

"The basic theme is that what we can imagine doing in a virtual reality system may actually be happening in nature on a vastly greater scale. Nature may be like a computer simulation interfaced with conscious observer / participant."[11]

The virtual reality model is also employed to show "how both paranormal phenomena and religious experiences can be reconciled in a natural way with the laws of physics."[This quote needs a citation]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hidden History, Hidden Agenda, Bradley T. Lepper
  2. ^ Creationism: The Hindu View, Colin Groves
  3. ^ Forbidden Archaeology : Antievolutionism Outside the Christian Arena, Wade Tarzia
  4. ^ "This remarkable compendium of pseudoscience [Forbidden Archeology] is premised on the assumption that modern science is a prisoner of Western cultural and religious biases..." Scientific Values and Civic Virtues, Noretta Koertge, Oxford University Press
  5. ^ "Michael (A.) Cremo". Contemporary Authors Online. September 23, 2002. Retrieved on August 17, 2008.
  6. ^ "Cremo, Michael". Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained. Ed. Una McGovern. Chambers, 2007. p. 135.
  7. ^ Nada, Merra. "Vedic creationism in America". Frontline. January 14–27, 2006. Retrieved on August 18, 2008.
  8. ^ Alien Identities
  9. ^ Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy
  10. ^ Mysteries of the Sacred Universe
  11. ^ Maya: The World as Virtual Reality

Bibliography

Books, monographs, and other publications
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1974). Equilibrium States of Thin Energy Shells. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 0821818503.
  • Singh, Thoudam D.; Thompson, Richard L. (1977). What is Matter, What is Life. Monograph Series 1. Boston: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1977). Demonstrations By Information Theory that Life Cannot Arise From Matter. Monograph Series 2. Boston: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1977). Consciousness and the Laws of Nature. Monograph Series 3. Boston: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1981). Mechanistic and Nonmechanistic Science: An investigation into the nature of consciousness and form. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Sadaputa dasa, ed. (1984). Origins: Higher Dimensions in Science. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Institute. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S.; Thompson, Richard L. (1988). Computer Simulations of Self-Organizations in Biological Systems. London: Croom Helm.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1989). Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1993). Alien Identities: Ancient insights into modern UFO phenomena. San Diego: Govardhan Hill Publishing.
  • Cremo, Michael A.; Thompson, Richard L. (1993). Forbidden Archeology: The hidden history of the human race. San Diego: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Cremo, Michael A.; Thompson, Richard L. (1994). Hidden History of the Human Race. Badger, CA: Govardhan Hill Publishing.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (2000). Mysteries of the Sacred Universe: The cosmology of the Bhagavata Purana. Alachua, FL: Govardhan Hill Publishing.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (2003). Maya: The world as a virtual reality. Alachua, FL: Govardhan Hill Publishing.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (2004). God & Science. Alachua, FL: Govardhan Hill Publishing.
Peer reviewed scientific papers and other professional works
  • Thompson, R. L. (1970). "Open Mappings and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra". Mathematical Magazine. 43 (1): 39–40.
  • Thompson, Richard Leslie (1974). "Equilibrium States of Thin Energy Shells". Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. 150.
  • Thompson, Richard (1980). "A Measure of Shared Information in Classes of Patterns". Pattern Recognition. 12: 369–379.
  • Goel, N. S. (1983). "Estimation of Agronomic Variables using Spectral Signatures". Proc. 2nd Int. Coll. on Spectral Signatures of Objects in Remote Sensing, Les Colloquies de l'INRA. 23: 45–53. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1984). "Inversion of Vegetation Canopy Reflectance Models for Estimating Agronomic Variables. II. Use of Angle Tranforms and Error Analysis as Illustrated by Suits Model". Remote Sensing of Environment. 14: 77–111. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1984). "Inversion of Vegetation Canopy Reflectance Models for Estimating Agronomic Variables. III. Estimation Using Only Canopy Reflections Data as Illustrated by the Suits Model". Remote Sensing of Environment. 15: 223–236. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1984). "Inversion of Vegetation Canopy Reflectance Models for Estimating Agronomic Variables. IV. Total Inversion of the SAIL Model". Remote Sensing of Environment. 15: 237–253. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1984). "Inversion of Vegetation Canopy Reflectance Models for Estimating Agronomic Variables. V. Estimation of Leaf Area Index and Average Leaf Angle Using Measured Canopy Reflectances". Remote Sensing of Environment. 16: 69–85. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Thompson, Richard (1984). "A Stochastic Model of Sedimentation". Journal of Mathematical Geology. 16: 753–778.
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1985). "Optimal Solar/viewing geometry for an accurate estimation of leaf area angle distribution from bi-directional reflectance data". International Journal of Remote Sensing. 15: 1493–1520. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1985). "A Simulation of T4 Bacteriophage Assembly and Operation". Biosystems. 18: 23–45. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1986). "Organization of Biological Systems: Some Principles and Models". International Review of Cytology. 103: 1–88. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1986). "Simulation of Cellular Compaction and Internalization in Mammalian Embryo Development as Driven by Minimization of Surface Energy". International Journal of Remote Sensing. 48: 167–187. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1987). "Microcomputer Modeling of Biological Systems". The World & I: 162–173. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Lewis III, Harold W. (1988). "Simulation of Cellular Compaction and Internalization in Mammalian Embryo Development—II. Models for Spherical Embryos". Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 50: 121–142. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1988). "Movable Finite Automata (MFA) Models for Biological Systems I: Bacteriophage Assembly and Operation". Journal of Theoretical Biology. 131: 351–385. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1988). "Movable Finite Automata (MFA) Models for Biological Systems II: Protein Biosynthesis". Journal of Theoretical Biology. 134: 9–49. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1989). "Microcomputer Modeling of Self-Organization in Biological Systems". Biomedical Modeling and Simulation: 65–67. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1989). "Movable Finite Automata (MFA): A New Tool for Computer Modeling of Living Systems". Artificial Life: the proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, held September, 1987, in Los Alamos, New Mexico: 317–340. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1990). "Biological Automata Models and Evolution I: The role of computer modeling in theories of evolution and the origin of life". Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution: 15–32. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Thompson, Richard (1990). "Biological Automata Models and Evolution II: The evolution of macromolecular machinery". Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution: 33–48. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (1991). "A Computer Graphics Based Model for Scattering from Objects of Arbitrary Shape in the Optical Region". Remote Sensing of Environment. 36: 73–104. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (ESA SP-319, May 1991). "Vegetation Canopies and Objects of Arbitrary Shapes: Computer Generation and Bi-directional Reflectance Calculations". Proceedings of the 5th International Colloquium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, Courcheval, France, 14-18 Jan.: 409–413. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1998). "Two Models for Rapidly Calculation Bi-direction Reflectance of Complex Vegetation Scenes: Photon Spread (PS) Model and Statistical Photon Spread (SPS) Model". Remote Sensing Review. 16: 157–207. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Goel, Narendra S. (2000). "A Snapshot of Canopy Reflectance Models and a Universal Model for the Radiation Regime". Remote Sensing Reviews. 18: 197–206. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Pinty, B. (2001). "Radiation Transfer Model Intercomparison (RAMI) Exercise". Journal of Geophysical Research. 106: 11, 937–11, 956. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Pinty, B. (2004). "Radiation Transfer Model Intercomparison (RAMI) Exercise: Results from the second phase". Journal of Geophysical Research. 109: D06210. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Bhaktivedanta Institute publications and presentations
  • Singh, Thoudam D.; Thompson, Richard L. (1977). What is Matter, What is Life. Monograph Series 1. Boston: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1977). Demonstrations By Information Theory that Life Cannot Arise From Matter. Monograph Series 2. Boston: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1977). Consciousness and the Laws of Nature. Monograph Series 3. Boston: Bhaktivedanta Institute.
  • Thompson, Richard L. (1979). "Srila Prabhupada's Insight into the Issues of Modern Science". Perspectives on Bhaktivedanta Institute: 25–28.
  • Thompson, Richard L (1979). "The Nature of Biological Form". Bhaktivedanta Institute Bulletin. 1 (1).
  • Thompson, Richard L (1979). "Scientific Materialism—Science or Mythology? A review of Edward Wilson's On Human Nature". Bhaktivedanta Institute Bulletin. 1 (1).
  • Thompson, Richard (1980). "On Inspiration" in Consciousness the Missing Link: Scientists of the Bhaktivedanta Institute examine key underlying concepts of the modern life sciences. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. pp. 23–36. ISBN 089213108X.
  • Thompson, Richard (1980). "The Computerized Mr. Jones" in Consciousness the Missing Link: Scientists of the Bhaktivedanta Institute examine key underlying concepts of the modern life sciences. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. pp. 37–56. ISBN 089213108X.
  • Thompson, Richard (1981). "Vedic Chrolonology and The Geological Time Scale. Philadelphia: Sa-Vijnana Project Working Paper No. 1. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  • Thompson, Richard (1986). "God and the Laws of Physics" in Synthesis of Science and Religion: critical essays and dialogues. San Francisco: Bhaktivedanta Institute. pp. 213–237. ISBN 0941525015.

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