Books

Since learning when I was well into my seventies that the author, James Joyce who wrote Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man died on the very day…Read more

(This post is just the introduction and summary description of the article of this same name that has been placed on this site under the ‘NeoClassical Field Theory Papers’…Read more

An isolated neutron no will decay in about 881.5 seconds into a proton p+, an electron e–, and an antineutrino 𝜈.  This is shown in figure 1, where the…Read more

What are often referred to in articles on this site as galaxy cluster cells because they are more or less like a biological cells with a dense center of…Read more

There are dark arts; we have dark secrets; there is a dark side; and some things are just plain dark.  In other words, the word dark carries semantic baggage. So…Read more

We probably all know someone who absorbs information readily, whether from textbooks or travel guides, and spews it out ad infinitum when a key word or phrase triggers their inner…Read more

Having done no portraits in eleven days says something about my current mental state.  Not a lot admittedly, but… At breakfast – which is our primary conversation setting.  I…Read more

In a dream, you envision yourself a very clever and fortunate worm in the core of a ‘Granny Smith’ apple. You are endowed with X-ray vision so you can…Read more

Gravitational lensing smears images of more distant galaxies into crescent shapes within a few seconds of arc from the center of the lensing cluster and its own orbiting galaxies. …Read more

What was the prehistoric artist celebrating when he sculpted the Venus of Willendorf?  Did he or she perceive her as a deity, an ideal, as representative of female members…Read more