Charles Alan LongCharles Alan Long is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, where he taught Mammalogy and other courses, and curated the extensive mammal collections. He founded the University's Museum of Natural History in 1968 and served as its director and curator for thirty years. Until recently he also served as President of the World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (Athens). He published on biomathematics including pioneer work on fractals explaining some evolution and development, on the origin of flight in primitive birds, on the formulation of a new principle in morphology and evolution, even on the mathematical analysis of the shape and evolution of red blood cells, and with Prof. Sia Sohrab, made a stunning mathematical analysis of the famous equation on mass and energy, and on relativity theory, bringing to light an unexplained coefficient based on the ideal gas coefficient resurrecting an important conception of the equation on mass and energy. Dr. Long helped write and edit numerous books on math and engineering. His numerous published works in natural history include The mammals of Wyoming (1965), The badgers of the world (1983) with Carl Killingley, and The wild mammals of Wisconsin (2008). He taught at Kansas and Illinois prior to moving to Wisconsin, with his deceased wife Claudine. They raised a family in Stevens Point and on Washington Island, in Lake Michigan, off the Door County Peninsula. For over sixty years he studied, travelled around the world, and wrote scholarly articles and unpublished poetry. At the age of 80, he has attempted to collect together a work on his poetry in a long and interesting history, with romance galore, and a trove of thought-provoking philosophy.... Read More Read Less