My first name is Atanas, and it means “immortal.” But is immortality possible?
Is Immortality Possible?
Big Questions
Why is there life?
Why is there matter?
Why should there be anything?
Nobody seems to know for sure. (And we think we know a lot.)
Fountains and coffee
We drive across Bulgaria from the capital Sofia to Ruse on the Danube river. It’s the heat of the summer, so we stop by and gaze at some cool fountains.
My father at 100
August 30, 2022, is the one-hundredth anniversary of my father’s birth. He lived 75 years and passed away in 1997. His three books continue to live.
Welcome!
Welcome to my website. Jump in and surf from post to post! Check my picture stories about travels and outdoor adventures, notes about my books, and thoughts on movies, music, and other forms of art. Feel free to share, and thank you for reading.
Pains and joys in Covid times
Imprisoned by the pandemics, my mother learned to use Messenger at the age of 97.
This is why I left Academia
Peek into the transcript of my farewell talk to my Chapman University colleagues in Orange, California.
Python First
This textbook of mine is a hands-on introduction to computing through the Python programming language.