Miscellaneous publications or workshops presented by Arlen Wolpert:

1. System Dynamics:
   (There have been a number of breakthroughs in my system dynamics work on religion since 2002. While the system dynamics publications of 2002, 2001, and 1992, below, are still of value, they have been superseded by my book manuscript, entitled General Theory of Religion (GTR). This book manuscript is also my web homepage. The system dynamics flow diagram in the pdf files of the 2002 and 2001 papers, just below, is somewhat blurred. A good picture of that flow diagram can be obtained at this link.)
   • Transcendental Feedback Phenomenology (TFP). In Proceedings of the 20th International System Dynamics Conference, held July 28 to August 1 2002 at Palermo Italy. [The paper (pdf; 289Kb) can be obtained either at the the above link or by obtaining the CD for the Proceedings from The System Dynamics Society. Email: system.dynamics@albany.edu] This paper was the focus of an intense two hour Workshop at that Conference.]
   • General Theory of Religion. In Proceedings of the 19th International System Dynamics Conference, held July 2001. Emory University, Atlanta, GA. [The paper (pdf; 590Kb) can be obtained either at the the above link or by obtaining the CD for the Proceedings from The System Dynamics Society. Email: system.dynamics@albany.edu]
   • Application of System Dynamics to the Study of a Religious Experience, in Proceedings of the International System Dynamics Conference 1992. Utrecht University, Netherlands. pp 837-846.
   • System Dynamics for Beginners (1993).
   • A Meditation on Mystical Union Using System Dynamics, version 1.3 (1996). This book gives the state of my work in 1996.
2. Science:
   • Heat Transfer Analysis of the Factors Affecting Plant Leaf Temperature. Significance of Leaf Hair. Plant Physiology. vol.37, no.2. March 1962.
     [This was a seminal paper in the field of plant physiology and is still being cited]
3. Engineering:
   • An Evaluation of a Cesium Magnetic Triode. Technical Document Report ASD-TDR-62-598. June 1962. (with Gabor Miskolczy and Dr. E.N. Carabateas).
     [Carabateas was the project manager and Miskolczy was the lead man: Miskolczy was the designer and builder of the triode, and also supervised the testing. I served as an apprentice designer at the time (1961). In addition I performed theoretical analyses and also thermal and electrical testing of the triode. I made the heat transfer analysis of Miskolczy's design and also checked thermocouple temperatures throughout the device under varying operating conditions. Then, under Dr. Carabateas' supervision I theoretically determined the trajectories of electrons moving from the cylindrical cathode to the flat plate anode with varying voltage on the control plate. (The geometrical relationship was like a screw [cathode] and a washer [anode]). This analysis began with Maxwell's equations. Finally, I and others measured the triode's electric current output under varying conditions of the independent variables - such as voltage across the cathode to anode, the voltage of the control plate, the intensity of the crossed electric and magnetic fields, and the density of the cesium plasma. Then we compared these measurements with the above theoretical predictions to understand the performance of the triode and to determine how we could improve its design and performance.]

Arlen Wolpert
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
http://theworld.com/~awolpert/gtr324.html
(Draft of September 1,2005)

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