"Why I Do Science"
For an outsider, the job of a scientist is a mystery. What motivates the scientists to ask fundamental questions about the workings of nature. In this article, Dr. Pavan Kumar shares his reasons to pursue science.
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Einstein with Tagore
T oday I peep into "Journal of Physics Education" I got a very good article of Partha Ghose, a physicist and science populariser.He was formerly with the S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata. He had edited a book entitled ," Einstein Tagore and the Nature of Reality ". Some most beautiful sentences I got, going to include here. Y ou are here that implies you have already heard about two legends Rabindranath and Einstein of twentieth century. As a resident of West Bengal I heard about the great poet Rabindranath and great scientist Albert Einstein from my birth. I am now 19 years old, a black sheep of science student, I never understand poem or short story of Rabindranath till now. And if I talk about Einstein I can't visualise the phenomenon behind special theory of relativity like length contraction or time dilation . Okay it's my problem! Let's talk about them.For that we need a time machine to go back 20 th century and listen. I...