(2004). "Ancient Sanskrit text reveals surprising depth of cosmological knowledge," UMass Center for Indic Studies, 5-6 May 2004

(2004). "Ancient Sanskrit text reveals surprising depth of cosmological knowledge"

Bhagirathi: Newsletter of The Center for Indic Studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Vol. 4, No. 2

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Cornell mathematician Dr. Richard Thompson spoke at the Third Annual Patanajali Lecture Series at UMass Dartmouth in May of 2004
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The Center for Indic Studies presented Dr. Richard Thompson, an expert on probability theory and mathematical modeling, as the speaker for two lectures. Thompson, a Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University, is a prolific author of many peer-reviewe articles on mathematical and computer modeling. He has written several books, including Computer Simulations of Self-Organization in Biological Systems; Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race; and Mysteries of the Sacred Universe. . . Dr. Thompson gave a well-received lecture on "The Encoding of Astronomical Knowledge in an Ancient Sanskrit Text" in May of 2004 . . . [and] a more technical lecture in the Patanjali series: "An Accurate Map of the Solar System in an Ancient Sanskrit Text."