Thomas W. Sills

Thomas W. Sills (1947-) was born in Hartford City, Indiana. He started teaching physical science at Ball State University in 1967 where he received a B.S. degree in physics and education in 1969. In 1969 he became a full time instructor in engineering physics at Purdue University where he received a Ph.D. in both physics and education in 1977. Some of his professional work included product development decisions for The Stoelting Company (Intelligence Testing), network PBS television, science teacher development at The Chicago Public Schools, toy development at Whitney Bros. for Bernhard Berenholtz, science curriculum development for the education of the gifted at the Creative Children's Academy and Science & Arts Academy near Chicago. He retired in 2011 after 41 years teaching science and education in higher education institutions. His best contribution to understanding space and time was his redefinition of time as Timespace and Universal Time in his book, What Einstein Did Not See. These new concepts provide a way to use Euclidean geometry in Euclidean Relativity. He continues to collect material on the development of television in Chicago 1929-1931. His hobbies include painting portraits on porcelain.