Not afraid of being different from Others?

• Let us go to the

  video from the Marquis Who's Who.

  This video says I am not afraid of being different from others.

• Then why am I different? Why not affraid? I have a background different from those of my colleagues in physics research. I have a strong Korean background and a strong high school background. These backgrounds are different from those of my American colleagues.

• It is known that Einstein thoroughly studied Kant's philosophy during his high-school years, but he became a Hegelian synthesizer while developing his physical theories. Thus, we can end up with this illustration.

• As for my Korean background, Kant and Hegel are popular names in Korea, while they are strangers on American campuses. There is a Kant museum in the Russian city of Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg, East Prussia until 1945), and there is a Hegel museumin Stuttgart (Germany). In both museums, there are important books written about Kant and Hegel respectively in different languages, including German, Russian, French, etc., but no books written in English. There are books written in Japanese in both museums, and there are books written in Korean at the Hegel museum.

• In Korea, Kant and Hegel are very popular names. You have to pretend to know their philosophies even if you do not know anything about them. Why?

  The reason is very simple. Since 1400 AD, Korean brains have been configured according to Neo-Confucianism, which means the traditional Cofusianims organized within the framework of Taoism. This organization was carried out by the Chinese scholar named Zhu Xi.

  In Korea, this ideology is called "Zujahak." In terms of Western philosophies, this Zujahak serves as the bridge between Kant and Hegel, as decribed in this figure.

• It is known that Einstein could not talk well with Americans while he lived in Princeton from 1933 to 1855, presumably because Kant and Hegel are strangers to Ameicans.

  I also have difficulties in talking with my American colleagues, and this is the reason why they say I am isolated. However, I am not isolated from Einstein. This is enough for me.

• As for the strong high-school background, you are invited to
  1. This elliptic squeeze plays the key role in constructing wave functions for moving bound states in Einstein's Lorentz-covariant world. Click here for details.

  2. Thie elliptic squeeze provides the scientific language for squeezed states of light in optical science. Click here for a detailed story.

How did I talk to Einstein?

1. Click here for my home page.
2. My photo-biography.
3. Style page.
4. World travel page.
5. My Korean background.

   
   I received my PhD degree from Princeton in 1961, seven years after high school graduation in 1954. This means that I did much of the ground work for the PhD degree during my high school years.