Joseph N. Manago

Joseph N. Manago is an American philosopher, mathematician, molecular cell biologist, composer, journalist, former professor of biomedical sciences at The Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY)/Downstate Medical Center, City University of New York (CUNY), Long Island University, Pratt Institute, and The College of New Rochelle. Joseph N. Manago was a Ph.D. Fellow at New York University (NYU Biology), and at the Graduate Center/Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, a Graduate Assistant at St. John's University Biology (Queens, New York), and a former teacher at Fordham Preparatory School. His publications are, "Aesthetics: The Beauty of God, Nature, and Art" (Author House, 2005), "Oremus (Let Us Pray): An Anthology of Mathematical, Musicological, Philosophical, and Theological Papers" (1st Books Library, 2004), and "Mathematical Logic and the Philosophy of God and Man" (1st Books Library, 2000), in the latter of which he mathematically demonstrates 50 logical arguments as proofs of the theorems of the being of God and the human spiritual soul, by applying the principles and natural deductive methods of symbolic logic (Functional calculus) and Boolean algebra to arguments drawn from the works of Aristotle, Plato, St. Thomas Aquinas, Rene Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Clarke, as well as from his own lines of thought with a formulation of the definite description of God utilizing W.V.O. Quine's logical abbreviation for the concept of God. Joseph N. Manago's philosophy of "Mathematical Realism" is a Roman Catholic philosophy expressed in the rigor of contemporary Boolean mathematical logic. Joseph N. Manago was honored in the York College (CUNY) Library's historical Faculty Scholarship Display celebrating 40 Years of Faculty Scholarship (2011), showcasing the latter mathematico-philosophical treatise. Joseph N. Manago interpreted the physical structure of B-DNA, the genetic material, in analytic geometrical and symmetrical terms of the golden ratio, phi, of the mathematical limit of the proportions of the Fibonacci summation series of numbers in "DNA and De Divina Proportione (The Divine Proportion): Mathematical Symmetry in Nature and the Theorem of the Being of God" (Aesthetics, pp. 22-32). In "Bubbles and Strings: A Philosophical Evaluation of Cosmological and Unified Field Theories" (Oremus, pp. 43-51), Joseph N. Manago evaluates the expanded inflation theory (multiverse hypothesis), and the string theories of relativistic quantum field equations in terms of the finitude and contingency of matter as subordinate to the being of God. An advanced form of an intermediate monistic theory of the human mind is expounded in "An Intertheoretic - Philosophical, Phenomenological, Neurobiological - Paradigm of the Human Mind" (Oremus, pp. 73-90). His works are catalogued in the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, the Bodleian Library at Oxford University (England), and the Bibliotheque nationale de France (Paris). Joseph N.Manago's musical works are the songbook, "Mystery of Christ Songs of Joey Manago" (New York, 2002), and popular religious ballads ("The Joy of Christmas," "Light of the World," "Bread of Life," "But This Is Eternal Life," and "Happy Father's Day") released on the albums, THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS (Hollywood: HILLTOP Records, 1996), THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (Hollywood: HILLTOP Records, 1997), THE BEST OF HILLTOP (Hollywood: HILLTOP Records, 1998), and MYSTERY OF CHRIST SONGS OF JOEY MANAGO (New York, 2002). "Bread of Life" received the John Lennon Songwriting Award (1999) for Top 50 Gospel/Inspirational songs. Joseph N. Manago's experimental research in cytogenetics focused on the structure of lymphoblast chromosomes of bone marrow stem cell culture (Cytologia 45: 561-569, 1980). He was the originator of an animal bioassay for the teratogenic effects of the agrochemical, (2, 4 dichlorophenoxy) acetic acid (50% of Agent Orange defoliant used in the Vietnam War was 2, 4 D), in the amphibian Xenopus laevis embryo - the new scientific area of endocrine disruptors, chemicals that at minute traces can significantly affect development by interfering with the hormones that regulate biological activity (Unpublished, 1975). Joseph N. Manago's present studies in theoretical biology concern the neurobiological, genetic, and phenomenological aspects of gender ("The Transgender Hypothesis - Stem Cell Therapy and the Phenomenology of Gender Identity," Aesthetics, pp. 48-58). He is a contributor to the journal, Philosophical Practice, The Tablet of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, NYU Washington Square News, and New York City and Long Island periodicals. Joseph N. Manago did his doctoral studies at NYU Biology, and earned his Master of Science (M.S.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees at St. John's University Biology. He was Valedictorian at St. John's Preparatory School (Brooklyn). His professional memberships include the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, the Mathematical Association of America, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), American Society of Cell Biology, Tissue Culture Association, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Science, National Catholic Education Association, and the Jesuit Secondary Education Association. Joseph N. Manago is a conservative Evangelical Roman Catholic and a conservative Republican. Joseph N. Manago is of German Italian ancestry and was born in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn (New York). "For, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved" (Romans 10: 9, 10).