Richard L. Thompson

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Richard L. Thompson

Mathematics

#3598

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#5286

Historical Rank

#1321

USA Rank

Measure Theory

#5898

World Rank

#7114

Historical Rank

#1613

USA Rank

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Mathematics

Richard L. Thompson's Degrees

PhD Mathematics University of California, Berkeley
Masters Mathematics University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Mathematics University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Richard Leslie Thompson, also known as Sadaputa Dasa , was an American mathematician, author and Gaudiya Vaishnava religious figure. Historian Meera Nanda described him as a driving intellectual force of 'Vedic creationism' as co-author of Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race , a work that has attracted significant criticism from the scientific community. Thompson also published several books and articles on the relationship between religion and science, Hindu cosmology and astronomy. He was a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and a founding member of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, the branch of ISKCON dedicated to examining the relationship of modern scientific theories to the Vaishnava worldview. In the 'science and religion' community he was known for his articulation of ISKCON's view of science. Danish historian of religion Mikael Rothstein described Thompson as "the single dominating writer on science" in ISKCON whom ISKCON has chosen to "cover the field of science more or less on his own". C. Mackenzie Brown, professor of religion at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, described him as "the leading figure" in ISKCON's critique of modern science.

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Richard L. Thompson's Published Works

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Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race (1993) (14)
Status and life history of the everglade kite in the United States (1967) (13)
Equilibrium states on thin energy shells (1974) (10)
Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy (1989) (7)
Mysteries Of The Sacred Universe : The Cosmology Of The Bhagavata Purana (2011) (3)
The cosmology of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa : mysteries of the sacred universe (2007) (3)
The hidden history of the human race (1994) (2)
An investigation into the nature of consciousness and form : mechanistic and nonmechanistic science (2007) (0)
Trustees Bring Talent, Drive, Vision to Board (2002) (0)
God & science : divine causation and the laws of nature (2010) (0)
Chapter XII: The Role of the State (1997) (0)
The higher education act : major provisions and select programs in focus (2014) (0)