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[1] Einstein, Albert. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition. Princeton University Press, 2019.

[2] Glancy, Scott. “Local Realism, Bell’s Inequality, and T-Shirts: An Entangled Tale.” NIST, 30 Apr. 2018, https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/local-realism-bells-inequality-and-t-shirts-entangled-tale.

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[4] Ryden, Barbara. Introduction to Cosmology. Cambridge University Press, 2016; Weinberg, Steven. The First Three Minutes: A Modern View ofThe Origin of the Universe. Basic Books, 1993.

[5] “Exploring Quantum Gravity—For Whom the Pendulum Swings.” NIST, 18 Aug. 2021, https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/08/exploring-quantum-gravity-whom-pendulum-swings.

[6] Genzel, Reinhard, et al. “The Galactic Center Massive Black Hole and Nuclear Star Cluster.” Reviews of Modern Physics, vol. 82, no. 4, Dec. 2010, pp. 3121–95, https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.82.3121.

[7] Gettell, Raymond G., et al. Gilbert Newton Lewis. 25 Mar. 2020, https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/gilbert-newton-lewis.

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[9] Raine, Cedric S. “Understanding Neuroanatomy Is Necessary to Study Neurochemistry.” Basic Neurochemistry: Molecular, Cellular and Medical Aspects. 6th ed., edited by George J. Siegel et al., Lippincott-Raven, 1999, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK27925/.

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[12] Newton, Isaac. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. 2nd ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1990.

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[15] Patton, Kevin T., et al. Structure and Function of the Body, Chapter 5, pp. 83–97, Elsevier, 2024.

[16] Azevedo, Frederico A. C., et al. “Equal Numbers of Neuronal and Nonneuronal Cells Make the Human Brain an Isometrically Scaled-up Primate Brain.” Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 513, no. 5, 2009, pp. 532–41. Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.21974.

[17] Purves, Dale, et al., editors. “Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum.” Neuroscience, 2nd ed., Sinauer Associates, 2001. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11024/.

[18] Purves et al., “Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum.”

[19] Sweatman, Martin B., and Alistair Coombs. “Decoding European Palaeolithic Art: Extremely Ancient Knowledge of Precession of the Equinoxes.” May 31, 2018, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1806.00046.

[20] Purves, Dale, et al. Neuroscience. Edited by Dale Purves et al., 2nd ed., Sinauer Associates, 2001.

[21] Purves, Dale, et al., editors. “The Functional Organization of Extrastriate Visual Areas; The Formation of Topographic Maps.” Neuroscience, 2nd ed., Sinauer Associates, 2001, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10884/.

[22] Medina, Jared, and H. Branch Coslett. “From Maps to Form to Space: Touch and the Body Schema.” Neuropsychologia, The Sense of Body, vol. 48, no. 3, Feb. 2010, pp. 645–54, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.017.

[23] Banich, Marie T., et al. The Frontal Cortex: Organization, Networks, and Function. MIT Press, 2024; Erikson, Erik H. Identity: Youth and Crisis. W. W. Norton, 1968.

[24] Perrin, James M., et al. “Vibrant and Healthy Kids: Aligning Science, Practice, and Policy to Advance Health Equity.” Academic Pediatrics, vol. 20, no. 2, Mar. 2020, pp. 160–62, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2019.11.019.

[25] Purves, Dale, et al., editors. “The Internal Anatomy of the Cerebral Hemispheres and Diencephalon.” Neuroscience, 2nd ed., Sinauer Associates, 2001, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10889/.

[26] Damasio, Antonio. Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. Penguin Books, 2005.

[27] Russell, Leonard. “The Nature of the Physical World. By A. S. Eddington M.A., LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., Gifford Lectures, 1927. (Cambridge University Press. 1928. Pp. Xix + 361. Price 12s. 6d. Net.).” Philosophy, vol. 4, no. 14, Apr. 1929, pp. 252–55, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819100031508.

[28] Dehaene, Stanislas. Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention. Viking Adult, 2009.

[29] Purves, Dale, et al., editors. “Language and Lateralization.” Neuroscience, 2nd ed., Sinauer Associates, 2001, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10936/.

[30] Duncan, John, and Naomi P. Friedman. “How the Brain Creates Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions.” The Frontal Cortex: Organization, Networks, and Function, edited by Marie T. Banich et al., MIT Press, 2024, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK609780/.

[31] Balleine, Bernard W. “Sensation, Incentive Learning, and the Motivational Control of Goal-Directed Action.” Neurobiology of Sensation and Reward, edited by Jay A. Gottfried, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2011, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92779/.

[32] Bechara, Antoine, and Antonio R. Damasio. “The Somatic Marker Hypothesis: A Neural Theory of Economic Decision.” Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 52, no. 2, Aug. 2005, pp. 336–72, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2004.06.010.

[33] Tversky, Amos, and Daniel Kahneman. “Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases.” Science, vol. 185, no. 4157, Sept. 1974, pp. 1124–31, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.185.4157.1124.

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[35] Damasio, Antonio. Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. Penguin Books, 2005.

[36] OneLook Thesaurus. Faith. https://www.onelook.com/thesaurus/?s=faith. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026. “A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.”

[37] Foreman, David M. “The Role of Faith in Mental Healthcare: Philosophy, Psychology and Practice.” BJPsych Advances, vol. 23, no. 6, Nov. 2017, pp. 419–25, https://doi.org/10.1192/apt.bp.116.016345. “List of cognitive biases.” Wikipedia, 26 Feb 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases.

[38] OneLook Thesaurus. Nadir. https://www.onelook.com/thesaurus/?s=nadir. Accessed Feb. 9, 2026. “The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.”

[39] Hrdina, Pavel D. “Basic Neurochemistry.” Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, vol. 21, no. 5, Nov. 1996, pp. 352–53, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1188805/.

[40] “The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.” Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, https://www.christopherreeve.org/. Accessed Feb. 9, 2026.

[41] OneLook Thesaurus. Nihilism. https://www.onelook.com/thesaurus/?s=Nihilism%20. Accessed Feb. 9, 2026. “Belief that life is meaningless.”

[42] Purves, Dale, et al., editors. “Chapter 9 - The Somatic Sensory System; Chapter 10 - Pain; Chapter 11 - Vision: The Eye; Chapter 12 - Central Visual Pathways; Chapter 13 - The Auditory System; Chapter 14 - The Vestibular System; Chapter 15 - The Chemical Senses.” Neuroscience, 2nd ed., Sinauer Associates, 2001, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11078/.

[43] Purves, Dale, et al., editors. “Neural Circuits.” Neuroscience, 2nd ed., Sinauer Associates, 2001, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11154/.

[44] Andersen, Hans Christian. “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Fairy Tales Told for Children: First Collection, Third Booklet. Reitzel CA, 1835.

[45] Jean Piaget Society. Books by Jean Piaget. https://piaget.org/books-by-piaget/. Accessed Feb. 10, 2026. DelGiudice, Marco. “Middle Childhood: An Evolutionary-Developmental Synthesis.” Handbook of Life Course Health Development, edited by Neal Halfon et al., Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp. 95–107. Springer Link, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47143-3_5.

[46] Brinkman, Sally A., Tess A. Gregory, Sharon Goldfeld, John W. Lynch, and Matthew Hardy. "Data resource profile: the Australian early development index (AEDI)." International Journal of Epidemiology 43, no. 4 (2014), pp. 1089–96.

[47] Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy, and Roberta Golinkoff. Why Play = Learning. Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, Jan. 1, 2008. ResearchGate, https://www.child-encyclopedia.com/play/according-experts/why-play-learning.

[48] Charest, Jonathan, and Michael A. Grandner. “Sleep and Athletic Performance: Impacts on Physical Performance, Mental Performance, Injury Risk and Recovery, and Mental Health – An Update.” Sleep Medicine Clinics, vol. 15, no. 1, Mar. 2020, pp. 41–57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsmc.2019.11.005.

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[52] Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. American Publishing Company, 1897.

[53] Purves et al., Neuroscience. Kohlberg, Lawrence. The Philosophy of Moral Development: Moral Stages and the Idea of Justice. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981. Krathwohl, David R. “A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy: An Overview.” Theory Into Practice, vol. 41, no. 4, Nov. 2002, pp. 212–18. Taylor and Francis+NEJM, https://doi.org/10.1207/s15430421tip4104_2. Maslow, A. H. “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Psychological Review [US], vol. 50, no. 4, 1943, pp. 370–96. APA PsycNet, https://doi.org/10.1037/h0054346.

[54] National Guideline Alliance (UK). Evidence Reviews for Psychological, Psychosocial and Other Non-Pharmacological Interventions for the Treatment of PTSD in Children and Young People. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 2018, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560232/. Crocetti, Elisabetta. “Identity Formation in Adolescence: The Dynamic of Forming and Consolidating Identity Commitments.” Child Development Perspectives, vol. 11, no. 2, 2017, pp. 145–50, https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12226. Gray, Carol. The New Social Story Book. Future Horizons, 2010. Fay, Jim, and David Funk. Teaching with Love & Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom. Love and Logic Press, 1995. Rogers, Carl Ransom. On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995.

[55] Tyng, Chai M., et al. “The Influences of Emotion on Learning and Memory.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 8, Aug. 2017, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01454.

[56] Baines, John. Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt. OUP Oxford, 2007; Brukner Havelková, Petra, et al. “Ancient Egyptian Scribes and Specific Skeletal Occupational Risk Markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom).” Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, June 2024, p. 13317, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63549-z; 

[57] Russell, Bertrand, and Albert Einstein. “The Russell-Einstein Manifesto.” Canadian International Youth Letter, July 1955, https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/key-documents/russell-einstein-manifesto/; “Radio Bikini.” Wikipedia, Jan. 14, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Bikini.

[58] “TIL the term ‘Gonzo’ was South Boston Irish slang describing the last man standing after an all-night drinking marathon.” Reddit Post. Sept. 30, 2011, https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/kw6e3/til_the_term_gonzo_was_south_boston_irish_slang/.

[59] As my mother often reminded me and my siblings in a calm, knowing tone, “If you think you are smart, it means you are stupid. If you think you are stupid, it means you are smart.”

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[61] Hecht, Eugene. “How Einstein Discovered E=mc2.” The Physics Teacher, vol. 50, no. 2, Feb. 2012, pp. 91–94, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3677283.

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[63] “Old Man’s Advice to Youth: ‘Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.’” Life, May 2, 1955, p. 64. https://time.com/archive/6803895/death-of-a-genius/. This attribution appeared in a post-humus article titled Death of a Genius published in TIME magazine weeks after Einstein’s death. It featured a photograph of Einstein with the caption “Old Man’s Advice to Youth: ‘Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.” Einstein is quoted in the article as stating, “My religion consists of a humble admiration for the illimitable superior spirit who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds.”

[64] “Why Is There Confusion Regarding the Order of the ‘Tao’ and ‘De’ Sections in the Tao Te Ching?” Zhihu, vol. 25, Feb 2019, https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/57645232. Austin, Michael. Reading the World: Ideas That Matter. 2nd ed., Instructor's ed., W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.

[65] Laozi. Lao-Tze’s Tao-Teh-King; Chinese-English. With Introd., Transliteration, and Notes by Paul Carus. Edited by Paul Carus, With Robarts - University of Toronto, Chicago Open Court Pub. Co, 1898, http://archive.org/details/laotzestaotehkin00laoz; Lao-tzu, et al. Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way. Shambhala, 1998. Tao Te Ching is attributed to Lao Tzu, also spelled as Lao-Tze and Laozi. It is difficult to say which parts of the author’s story are fictions and which are fact. I refrain from characterizing Laozi as I have not studied historical reports of him at a depth to feel confident writing to readers. What I have learned about the original author of Tao Te Ching has been extrapolated from the text. I believe the author was unconcerned with receiving credit for the work.

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[68] “Change is the only constant.” Heraclitus, Greek philosopher (c. 535 BC–475 BC).

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[70] “QR Code Essentials.” Denso Wave Incorporated, 2022, www.denso-wave.com/qrcode/qrfeatures.html. 

[71] Tao Te Ching functions as a language primer in many ways and teaches the lessons of how, when, and why to speak, listen, and think. This rendition represents a “doorstep” level of accuracy, meaning that the work is formed to allow reliable entry for English readers connecting some simple relationships embedded in Sino-Tibetan or Japonic language systems since ancient times. Other native instructors, contemporary language courses, and direct experience are far more believable teachers than my words to understand complex relationships, technical instruction, regional meaningfulness, and contemporary weightiness of nuance not provided here.

[72] Abbott, Edwin A. “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.” Nineteenth Century Science Fiction, Routledge, 2022, pp. 57–68. Huerta, John. Introducing The Quaternions. 2010. Zotero, https://math.ucr.edu/~huerta/introquaternions.pdf.

[73] Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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[76] The native Mandarin reader hired noted a famous Chinese story Journey to the West. To receive the True Scripture, a monk named Tang Sanzang must complete a nine-by-nine series of eighty-one challenges. Wu, Cheng’en, (c. 1500–1582) Produced by Leong Joana Kit Ieng. Journey to the West. Project Gutenberg, Dec. 22, 2007, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23962.

[77] Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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[79] Gia-Fu Feng’s copy during the first month. Stephen Mitchell’s copy during the second and third months.

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[92] Traditional science has since given birth to empirical science (16th century), which gave birth to single case study science (19th century). In terms of seeking a unified theory of the Universe, single case study science seems most appropriate.

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[94] The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge motto is “Nullius in verba,” or “Take nobody’s word for it.”