The REST of EUCLID: An Ancient Architecture of Arithmetic and the Modern Theory of Number: A

Robert Lee Powell, Sr, Inventor, Mathematician and Physicist Born: Kerns, Texas of African American and Native American heritage. Education: Fisk University, Nashville, TN Degree: B.S. & M.S., Physics Co-inventor of the Holographic Non-Destructive Testing Method; A veteran teacher at Fisk University, Nashville, TN; Lowell Technical Institute, Lowell, MA; Oakland University, Rochester, MI, and Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, and has worked for a variety of corporations. This veteran physics professor is the co-inventor of the esoteric field of work-Holographic Non-Destructive Testing, which is arguably the most beautiful and appropriate engineering and technological use of the hologram making process so far discovered. His knowledge and expertise also extend to some of the traditions of African art in the application of mathematical ratios and principles of Euclidean Geometry. His knowledge and lectures on the subject have influenced and changed the lives of many artists including the late Dr. John Thomas Biggers, and aspiring artists in colleges and universities in the U.S. and around the world. In his 1997 visual mathematics installation "In This House," a part of the Project Row Houses in Houston Texas, he delivered a multi-level system of ancient mathematical teachings from a diverse mixture of sub-cultures. His cutting-edge mathematics uses the rules and tools of Euclid, and the geometrical roots of a quadrivium: Sacred art, Sacred architecture, Modernity's physics, and Modernity's biology.

Vandorn Hinnant's art career spans a period of fifty years. His 1980 inclusion in the North Carolina Museum of Art group exhibition "Afro American Artists: NC, USA" was sufficient impetus for him to dedicate his life to creating imagery for the edification of the human mind/spirit. He studied Art Design at NC A&T State University and studied sculpture at University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Today, the artist spends most of his time working on sculpture commissions and creating sculptural forms that continuously unfold inside of his expansive imagination. Most of Hinnant's career has been spent creating works that are organized into the following series: Organic Abstractions, The Portal Series, Geometric Abstractions, The Totemic Sculpture Series, and the MetaPhysical Geometries Series. His works of art are in numerous corporate collections and in a great many private collections across North America. Some works are also in Africa and in Europe. http: //vandornhinnant.com http: //lightweavings.com

Robert L. Powell, Jr. served as an Associate Professor at NC A&T State University in the Civil, Architectural and Environment Engineering Department, Greensboro, North Carolina focusing on Building Design, Building Metrics, Community-Based Design and Sustainable Development. He also has been responsible for design and project management for various architectural projects. His undergraduate degree is in Architectural Engineering from Stanford University, and he received a Master of Architecture (M. Arch.) degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.