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Ananda Purnima 2013

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti was born on May 21 in 1921 on the day of full moon. We celebrate his birthday on the day of the full moon in May every year. This happy day is known as Ananda Purnima. I … Continue reading →

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Mikolaj Kopernik

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Today, I was on jury duty. At the entrance of the courthouse, right next to the x-ray machines there was a large commemorative plaque about Copernicus. I don’t know why it was there but I was very happy to see … Continue reading →

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J.D. Salinger and Swami Vivekananda

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Today, I was reading the news about L.A. Lauder’s 1 billion dollar gift to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in the form of an art collection. Buried in the news article was a tidbit of information that another … Continue reading →

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The Samurai Astronomer and the Time Difference

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

On my way to California I watched a movie on the plane: “Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer.” The film was released in 2012.  The IMDB description is “A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of Go … Continue reading →

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Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

The philosopher physicist and the poet philosopher in 1930: their eyes speak volumes, certainly much more than the words they exchanged. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He was the first Asian Nobel Laurate. Albert Einstein … Continue reading →

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Zero

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Symbols for zero appeared in many cultures Before Common Era (BCE). The philosophical conception of zero, however, is usually attributed to the Indian philosophy. The evidence is in the Sanskrit language. The Sanskrit word “shunya” meaning “emptiness” or “void” was … Continue reading →

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Random Comments on the Turkish Language

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

My native language is Turkish. I grew up in northern Turkey. I started learning English in high school but it was already too late. The language processing part of my brain was already formed according to Turkish syntax. In 1981 … Continue reading →

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Klaus Kommoss

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

Klaus Kommoss passed away on August 3, 2012. I received the sad news on September 17, 2012. I have never met him but I considered him a friend and a mentor. There are people in my spiritual life that I … Continue reading →

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The Enlightenment Pope: Benedict XIV (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini)

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

I am not Catholic. Why do I make a blog entry about a pope who died 254 years ago? Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini) deserves our attention for many reasons but there is one special reason. As soon as … Continue reading →

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Mathematician who coined the term mind-stuff

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

William Kingdon Clifford was a British mathematician and philosopher. In his short life he produced very important and far reaching mathematical and philosophical works. I will let you read the encyclopedia articles and the original books listed below for details. … Continue reading →

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History

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

Spiritual Undercurrents of Anatolia Salonika, you are on my mind Crimson Dawn of a Different Kind Historical Tehuti Einsteins 1921 Nobel Prize in 1922 and the Ceremony He Did Not Attend  Fifth Solvay Conference (1927) Supercollider – a failed dream

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Essays by Suresh Emre

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

A new synthesis of Spiritual Philosophy is presented in Definitions and Summary of Soul Monism I volunteer for the Renaissance Universal (RU) movement. A Vision for a Universal Renaissance. The complete list of my articles is given in http://sureshemre.wordpress.com/index/  

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Supercollider – a failed dream

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

After ten years of planning and $2 billion in construction costs, US Congress canceled the dream project Supercollider for particle physics in 1993. Cynics often say that the role of the government is to transfer money from public to private … Continue reading →

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Anaximander of Miletus

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Anaximander (ca.610 BC – ca.546 BC) was a philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia in Asia Minor (Anatolia). He was a student of Thales. He succeeded Thales and became the teacher of Anaximenes and Pythagoras. He made … Continue reading →

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Thales of Miletus

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Thales of Miletus (ca.624 BC – ca.546 BC), was a philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor (Anatolia). Physicists consider him as the first physicist in history. His writings did not survive. The major source for Thales’ philosophy and science is Aristotle. … Continue reading →

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Phusis, Physics, and Dharma

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Etymological origin of the word physics is the Greek word phusis. The first usage of phusis can be traced back to Heraclitus who used it in his aphorism “what is born tends to disappear.” When this aphorism was cited in … Continue reading →

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Nobel Laureates in Physics

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

The Nobel Prize in Physics In 1901 the very first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays. In more recent years, the Physics Nobel Prize has been awarded for both pioneering discoveries and … Continue reading →

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Fifth Solvay Conference on Physics (1927)

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

First Row I. Langmuir M. Planck (1918 Nobel Laureate in Physics) Marie Curie (1903 Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1911 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) H.A. Lorentz (1902 Nobel Laureate in Physics) A. Einstein (1921 Nobel Laureate in Physics) P. Langevin Ch. E. Guye C.T.R. Wilson (1927 … Continue reading →

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Historical Tehuti

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

Tehuti also known as Thoth was a great personality in ancient Egypt. Tehuti was deified by ancient Egyptians and he was accepted and respected by all societies in the Near East. He is mentioned as the source of knowledge and … Continue reading →

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Einstein’s Last Equation

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Einstein died at the age of 76 from stomach aneurysm in 1955. He kept working until few hours before his death. At his bed side there were 12 pages of equations. The final line of the last page is the … Continue reading →

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Einstein’s 1921 Nobel Prize in 1922 and the Ceremony He Did Not Attend

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Einstein could have received 2 Nobel prizes. One for the photoelectric effect and another for the theory of relativity. Einstein was first nominated for the Nobel prize in 1910 by the chemistry laureate Wilhelm Ostwald. In the next 10 years, … Continue reading →

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Crimson Dawn of a Different Kind

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Powerful explosions in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake reminded me the big one that happened in Istanbul 32 years ago. The year was 1979. I was a junior at the Bogazici University in Istanbul. An apocalyptic explosion woke me … Continue reading →

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Salonika, you are on my mind

Posted on December 11, 2010 by

My paternal grandparents were forced to immigrate to Turkey from a village near Salonika. This happened in 1923 as part of the “mübadele”  (population exchange between Greece and Turkey). They were traumatized by this experience all their lives. When they … Continue reading →

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The Renaissance Problem

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

Renaissance is dear to my heart. I volunteer for the Renaissance Universal movement and I often think about the significance of the European Renaissance. Renaissance means rebirth in French. It is often stated that the European Renaissance started in Florence, … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Undercurrents of Anatolia

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

Turkish (Anatolian) society is going through a tumultuous transformation. On the surface, it seems as though the society is becoming more dogmatic. Sunni Islam is taking over all state institutions. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Mustafa … Continue reading →

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