Patrick J RicardPatrick J. Ricard is a retired teacher who has always searched for the truth about the universe in many disciplines. He developed some of his ideas based on his teaching experiences, having discovered that finding common ground based on similar backgound knowledge was essential for each student to connect to new information being taught. Challenging topics for them to communicate would emerge from using common ideas to ignite rich conversations communally (in class discussion) once several basic ideas were identified by everyone as essential building blocks, and this feeling of synergy and emotional connection made everyone enthusiastic about exploring, sharing, and playing with ideas and idea arrays. It was contagious when it happened spontaneously.

Idea Materia, Patrick J. Ricard's series of four books will explore, "Can Ideas be measured by science; the codification of knowledge; speculative theories of gravity, dark matter, and a theory of everything; and finally, static and fluid time," and are written to expand everyday ideas, as a source of intellectual play for everyone who reads them. Read More Read Less