Thomas Impelluso
Thomas Impelluso is a professor at Western Norway University, emeritus at San Diego State University, and an adjunct at Drexel University. His research concerns the machine dynamics of floating windmills.
Posts by Thomas Impelluso
The Cage Disguised as a Crown
In March 2025, Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies — a data analytics company deeply embedded in The Pentagon and intelligence apparatus — made... Read More
The Language of Motion: da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man”
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” stands at the center of the page, arms and legs outstretched, poised between the finite and the infinite. It... Read More
The Mechanics of Colonialism: Newtonian Metaphors in History
In the late 17th century, Isaac Newton published his “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy,” laying out three laws of motion that forever changed the... Read More