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Bulent Atalay

BULENT ATALAY, Ph.D.

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RELEASED IN NOVEMBER, 2023

Named by Oxford University for its Alumni Authors "Book of the Month" (October 2024)

2004

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2009

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2019

NEW. Abridged (25,000-word) version of Leonardo's Universe published as a "bookazine"
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Leonardo da Vinci (National Geographic, April 2019)

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Recommended
Websites, Blogs and Announcements, Humor
GENERAL
 

* March 14, 2016 "Pi Day in a Leap Year"
• Feb 29, 2016 "Feb 29, 2016: A Leap Day"
• Aug 11, 2015 "The Geyser in Geysir, Iceland"
• July 13, 2015 "Low Tide in Guernsey"
• July 11, 2015 "Giant's Causeway of County Antrim"
• Aug. 13, 2014 "Rest in Peace, Mr. Williams"
• Dec. 10, 2013 "A Defining Statue of Ataturk"
• July 4, 2013 "Turkey and Secular Democracy"
• March 3, 2013 Guest Blog for Documama, "It's Pi Day!"
• Feb 3, 2013 "Leonardo's Bridge, Part 3. "Vebjorn Sand and Variations on a Theme by Leonardo"
• Jan 22, 2013 "Leonardo's Bridge, Part 2. 'A Bridge for the Sultan'"
• Jan 17, 2013 "Leonardo's Bridge: Part 1. "The Master of all Trades"
• Aug 6, 2012 "Nine Days in August 1945"
• May 22, 2012 "Einstein's Letter to Ataturk's Turkey"
• May 16, 2012 "Einstein and Ataturk (Part I)"
• May 8, 2012 "NASA II: Manned Space Flight — Breath Taking Successes..."
• April 29, 2012 "NASA I: The Passing of an Era"
• March 20, 2012 "Einstein Part II: A Bundle of Contradictions"
• March 16, 2012 "Einstein Part I: the Pi in π-Day"
• Dec. 2, 2011"Leonardo and Newton: Patterns in Creativity"
• Nov 8, 2011 "The Passing of a Scientific Titan"
* Oct 6, 2011 "A Tribute to Steve Jobs"
• Sept 11, 2011 "A Decade After 9/11"
• July 5, 2011 "Brief History of Astronomical Telescope IV"
• June 21, 2011"Brief History of Astronomical Telescope III"
• June 13, 2011 "Brief History of Astronomical Telescope II"
• May 25, 2011 "Brief History of Astronomical Telescope I"
• May 2011, "Remembering Gallipoli II: Resurrecting Ismail Hakki"
• May 3, 2011 "Remembering Gallipoli I: ANZAC Day, 2011"
• Feb 28, 2009 "Leonardo da Vinci: Inventor of the future" (David Braun)

• Dec 30, 2008 "Ten Must-Have Reference Books from 2008" (Greg McNamee, Britannica Blog)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• Francis Wells (Cardiac Surgeon): Leonardo (Superb)
• Exhibition at Buckingham Palace: "Leonardo da Vinci, Anatomist"
• National Gallery of London Exhibition, "An Artist Who Deserves Every Bit of the Fame"
• The NEWTON PROJECT
• Noack — Daumier Register

GENERAL:
ATATURK SOCIETY OF AMERICA (ASA)
• Panel Discussion — "The Role of Secular Governance in World Peace: Reaffirming Atatürk's Vision"
Letter from Einstein to Ataturk (1933)
• "The One Campaign" One.org
• Elizabeth Atalay — Documama


THE SCIENCES and SECULARISM:
"Feynman On Algebra"
"Feynman On God"
Christopher Hitchens Debates Catholic Clergy
* Daniel Kohanski "A God of our Own"

THE ARTS:
The Golden Ratio in Art and Architecture — Ates Gülcügil
The Sistine Chapel as you will never see it
• Painter/Sculptor Daniel Ludwig
• Painter Henry Wingate
• Muralist Mirinda Reynolds
• Sculptor Frederick Hart
• Sculptor Edward Fraughton
• Photographer Steve McCurry's Blog
• Wild Game Photographer Adam Piotr Kossowski
PhotographerLiz Hickok
• Painter Nelson Shanks
• Painter/Sculptor Vebjorn Sand
• Salvador Dali on "What's My Line?"
• Photographer/CaricaturistVeronica Gafton
• Painter Berrin Tunçel
• Painter Suzanne Mead
Ottoman Paintings in 3-dimensions
Cinemagrapher "James Beck"

GENERAL INTEREST and HUMOR:
Tower lift by Helicopter (France)
The Greatest Soccer Player... Ever!
Guelin Seen from a Drone (China)
"The Eagle Has Landed" (Dubai)
Repair Job in Rio (Brazil)
Two Minute History of the World
Power of Concentration (Japanese)
Nature by Numbers (Spanish)
Sound of E. Pluribus Unum
Auction Italian Stayle (Italian)
Nina Salerosa — Joe Romeiro (2010)
Castellers in Barcelona (Spanish)
Voice Recognition Software in a Lift (Scottish)
"Charlie Bit My Finger" (British)
Coast Guard Trainee (German)
Sailing Race Announcer (Irish)
iPad Used as a chopping block (German)
• Leonardo da Vinci (Documentary w/Pena)
• Albert Einstein (Documentary w/Pena)
Newton's Dark Secrets (Documentary)
Einstein's Principle of Equivalence (simple)
Einstein's Gen. Relativity (rigorous)
The Lost Book of Archimedes —Palympsest

 

 

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