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This isn't just a tale of me traveling around this world with my partner in romance, in a pop-top hippy van named Wiggles, sailing across oceans on a small sailboat, adventuring on ten dollars a day for two years. It isn't just a story about stealing moon rocks from NASA-naïve, young, in love, insecure-and having sex on them. Or about the gut-wrenching truths that followed-shaped by the hard, echoing walls of prison. This is a story about perspective. How it changes. And how we might intentionally change it to enhance our conscious experience of life. It is about shifting the narrative; claiming prose in life that reaches past what has been systematically muted by the modern ways of thinking and dulled under the flag of scarcity. What follows is a series of vignettes, acute trains of thought, stolen moments from my quest to touch the intangible, and to craft song from the physical notes of reality.
241 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2019
About the author
Thad Roberts
9 books10 followersAuthor of 'Einstein's Intuition', subject of 'Sex on the Moon', lover, philosopher of physics, adventurer.
Thad Roberts is a theoretical physicist, a philosopher of physics, the inspiration behind the New York Times best seller Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, and the author of ‘Einstein’s Intuition: Visualizing Nature in Eleven Dimensions‘.
Thad enjoys exploring unfamiliar realms and seeking out new experiences in an attempt to absorb new perspectives and to expand his own horizons. He has sailed across the Atlantic through a tropical storm in a 55 foot sloop, excavated dinosaur fossils from the Great Basin, Mojave and Chihuahuan deserts, mined for rare gem stones in the Wah Wah mountains, skindived off the shores of Hawaii, flown zero-gravity, experienced extreme isolation, explored the remains of a sunken ship, and discovered the jungle covered remains of an ancient Mayan complex.
When he was 22, Thad was hired on as a co-op at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He worked as an Astrophysicist, then a Geo-astrophysicst, and eventually became a Flight Lead in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, where he SCUBA dived with the astronauts, helped train them for their EVAs (space walks), and participated in underwater studies of the International Space Station mock-ups.
At age 25 Thad fell in love with a brilliant and beautiful Biology intern at NASA. Wanting to give her the moon (literally), Thad masterminded the infamous moon rock caper and made off with lunar samples. 33 years to the day after Neil Armstrong first picked up a piece of the moon, Thad sold some of those pieces and landed in the middle of a government sting.
Thad was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for his actions. Though he would never repeat those acts, Thad doesn’t regret how things turned out. Despite the isolation, loneliness, and hard lessons that defined those years, he notes that without that time of intense dedication and constant focus he may have never dived so deeply into questions about the construction of our Universe. After coming face to face with his own insecurities, Thad decided to overcome the odds of his past mistakes and to once again strive for his dreams. His days in prison were spent teaching, exercising, wrestling with the mysteries of modern physics, and exploring new axiomatic assumptions that might explain them.
Thad left prison with something more valuable to him than a safe full of moon rocks – a manuscript over 700 pages long that lucidly describes how he was led to a new geometric axioms for the structure of spacetime. The result was quantum space theory (qst), a specific form of superfluid vacuum theory (SVT), which now stands as a candidate for the theory of quantum gravity.
Thad’s book ‘Einstein’s Intuition: Visualizing Nature in Eleven Dimensions‘ has been acclaimed for how it lucidly explores the mysteries of modern physics and artfully challenges traditional assumptions about reality to construct a new perspective that brings new light to quantum mechanics and general relativity.
Thad is now living a life full of love, adventure, and friendship, and he is still shooting for the stars. He works (as a theoretical physicist for a private think tank) to contribute to Einstein’s dream of unifying the realms of relativity and quantum mechanics into one intuitively accessible map of Nature, and he is taking steps to one day fly to space. Thad also works as a public speaker for the APB, where he encourages everyone to chase their dreams, to richly experience the world for themselves, and to support others in their dreams. He believes that a first step in committing to your dreams is making a list of things done and things to do. With each other’s support he believes that we can all rebound from our mistakes and reach for the stars.
Thad Roberts is a theoretical physicist, a philosopher of physics, the inspiration behind the New York Times best seller Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, and the author of ‘Einstein’s Intuition: Visualizing Nature in Eleven Dimensions‘.
Thad enjoys exploring unfamiliar realms and seeking out new experiences in an attempt to absorb new perspectives and to expand his own horizons. He has sailed across the Atlantic through a tropical storm in a 55 foot sloop, excavated dinosaur fossils from the Great Basin, Mojave and Chihuahuan deserts, mined for rare gem stones in the Wah Wah mountains, skindived off the shores of Hawaii, flown zero-gravity, experienced extreme isolation, explored the remains of a sunken ship, and discovered the jungle covered remains of an ancient Mayan complex.
When he was 22, Thad was hired on as a co-op at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He worked as an Astrophysicist, then a Geo-astrophysicst, and eventually became a Flight Lead in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, where he SCUBA dived with the astronauts, helped train them for their EVAs (space walks), and participated in underwater studies of the International Space Station mock-ups.
At age 25 Thad fell in love with a brilliant and beautiful Biology intern at NASA. Wanting to give her the moon (literally), Thad masterminded the infamous moon rock caper and made off with lunar samples. 33 years to the day after Neil Armstrong first picked up a piece of the moon, Thad sold some of those pieces and landed in the middle of a government sting.
Thad was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for his actions. Though he would never repeat those acts, Thad doesn’t regret how things turned out. Despite the isolation, loneliness, and hard lessons that defined those years, he notes that without that time of intense dedication and constant focus he may have never dived so deeply into questions about the construction of our Universe. After coming face to face with his own insecurities, Thad decided to overcome the odds of his past mistakes and to once again strive for his dreams. His days in prison were spent teaching, exercising, wrestling with the mysteries of modern physics, and exploring new axiomatic assumptions that might explain them.
Thad left prison with something more valuable to him than a safe full of moon rocks – a manuscript over 700 pages long that lucidly describes how he was led to a new geometric axioms for the structure of spacetime. The result was quantum space theory (qst), a specific form of superfluid vacuum theory (SVT), which now stands as a candidate for the theory of quantum gravity.
Thad’s book ‘Einstein’s Intuition: Visualizing Nature in Eleven Dimensions‘ has been acclaimed for how it lucidly explores the mysteries of modern physics and artfully challenges traditional assumptions about reality to construct a new perspective that brings new light to quantum mechanics and general relativity.
Thad is now living a life full of love, adventure, and friendship, and he is still shooting for the stars. He works (as a theoretical physicist for a private think tank) to contribute to Einstein’s dream of unifying the realms of relativity and quantum mechanics into one intuitively accessible map of Nature, and he is taking steps to one day fly to space. Thad also works as a public speaker for the APB, where he encourages everyone to chase their dreams, to richly experience the world for themselves, and to support others in their dreams. He believes that a first step in committing to your dreams is making a list of things done and things to do. With each other’s support he believes that we can all rebound from our mistakes and reach for the stars.
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July 12, 2019
An unexpected gem!
Having read (and devoured) Thad’s brilliant “Einstein’s Intuition”, I was expecting more of the same (a unique take on modern Physics interspersed with a few personal stories to make the somewhat difficult theoretical physics points he makes come alive in your mind).
What I found here was a wonderful blend of life lessons, philosophy, unique adventures and sage insights that can only come from someone who has spent years thinking about the true meaning of life and how best to maximize its benefits. As a scientist, he paints a surprisingly beautiful artistic view of the world and our place in it.
Thad’s insights will scare some and make others question his values but if you take the time and really listen, he shares a lot of great life advice to make you a true “God” in this world. We need more Thad’s who think much deeper than the day to day seemingly obvious and grasp (and can illustrate) the true meaning behind our tenuous existence while sharing his hard earned lessons with those of us still left in the “Rat Race”. Any true physicist is also at his heart a philosopher and Thad has certainly proven his mettle on that front.
Highly recommended.
Having read (and devoured) Thad’s brilliant “Einstein’s Intuition”, I was expecting more of the same (a unique take on modern Physics interspersed with a few personal stories to make the somewhat difficult theoretical physics points he makes come alive in your mind).
What I found here was a wonderful blend of life lessons, philosophy, unique adventures and sage insights that can only come from someone who has spent years thinking about the true meaning of life and how best to maximize its benefits. As a scientist, he paints a surprisingly beautiful artistic view of the world and our place in it.
Thad’s insights will scare some and make others question his values but if you take the time and really listen, he shares a lot of great life advice to make you a true “God” in this world. We need more Thad’s who think much deeper than the day to day seemingly obvious and grasp (and can illustrate) the true meaning behind our tenuous existence while sharing his hard earned lessons with those of us still left in the “Rat Race”. Any true physicist is also at his heart a philosopher and Thad has certainly proven his mettle on that front.
Highly recommended.
July 10, 2019
Thad does such a great job painting his life experiences into this beautiful story. His adventures around the world are captivating, and he offers a unique viewpoint that changed my perspective and has inspired me to become more adventurous myself. With stories about sailing across the ocean in a small boat, discovering ancient architecture, fending for himself in prison, exploring isolated beaches... I was captivated with each story.
September 1, 2019
Absolutely love this inspiring work!
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