Thompson, Richard L. 1947-

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THOMPSON, Richard L. 1947-

PERSONAL:

Male. Born February 4, 1947, in Binghamton, NY; married Denia Hedley, November, 1994 (divorced); children: Sri Radha. Education: State University of New York—Binghamton, B.S., 1969; Syracuse University, M.A., 1970; Cornell University, Ph.D., 1974.

ADDRESSES:

Home—P.O. Box 1920, Alachua, FL 32616. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

State University of New York—Binghamton, Binghamton, instructor and researcher, 1980, 1982-83; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, researcher at Cavendish Laboratory, 1984-85; La Jolla Institute, La Jolla, CA, researcher, 1985-87; Govardhan Hill Publishing, Alachua, FL, president, 1990—. Size 8 Software, president, 2001—.

MEMBER:

Association of Computing Machinery.

WRITINGS:

Mechanistic and Nonmechanistic Science, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (Alachua, FL), 1981.

(With N. S. Goel) Computer Simulations of Self-Organization in Biological Systems, Croom Helm (London, England), 1988.

Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (Alachua, FL), 1989.

(With Michael Cremo) Forbidden Archeology, Govardhan Hill Publishing (Alachua, FL), 1993.

Mysteries of the Sacred Universe, Govardhan Hill Publishing (Alachua, FL), 2000.

Maya: The World as Virtual Reality, Govardhan Hill Publishing (Alachua, FL), 2003.

Author of video scripts. Contributor to academic journals.

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