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Jayant V Narlikar
Our society is ridden with superstition
In India our special feature seems to be to import superstitions that originated elsewhere and improve on them.
08 Dec 2018 7:24 AM
Chaos, catastrophe and mathematics
Chaos as a subject, as a part of mathematics tries to probe apparent chaotic conditions so as to find the underlying reason.
16 Sep 2018 12:03 AM
Abolishing merit ranking a good idea
If you pause and think a bit you will appreciate how difficult it is to attain the honour of the wooden spoon.
05 Jul 2018 6:18 AM
‘No work but full pay’ defies all logic
The Prefect could no longer control the mob and a loud bell tolled to announce that the session was adjourned till the next day.
25 May 2018 2:28 AM
The many joys of learning science
Famous scientist Michael Faraday had realised the importance of practicals in teaching science and stressed on it.
24 Apr 2018 12:33 AM
Time is money: Why must we waste it?
Bhaskaracharya has been credited with highly readable texts in mathematics and astronomy.
31 Jan 2018 1:30 AM
Time and its unidirectional flow
Getting down from the train we went to read the ad and figure out its significance if any.
12 Dec 2017 4:53 AM
There’s nothing absolute about time
As the shrinking star approaches the state of a black hole, its environment encounters stronger effect of its gravitational attraction.
28 Sep 2017 6:12 AM
When scientists are irrational
Despite professing to be scientists many of them are subject to superstitions and beliefs in miracles performed by godmen.
20 Jul 2017 2:19 AM
Help those in need, but avoid quotas
The affirmative action required should improve their capabilities as well as respect their self-confidence.
04 Jul 2017 5:43 AM
Some exciting glimpses of the cosmos and beyond
So the author describes how anomalies in the motion of planet Uranus were a cause of worry.
09 Jun 2017 2:48 AM
TV sets in the cosmos?
In science the tradition has been to advance physical theories and check their predictions against a suitable test.
14 Apr 2017 3:22 AM
How many cheers for democracy?
If war is to be avoided, the recourse is generally through the imposition of economic sanctions.
10 Mar 2017 2:40 AM
How a good teacher operates...
Not every teacher can copy the Feynman style of jumping up and down, raising and lowering the voice, etc.
22 Feb 2017 12:45 AM
Wonderful world of mathematics
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched its first satellite, the Sputnik, which marked the advent of space technology.
28 Jan 2017 1:21 AM
Here’s why science declined in India
The book was translated in Arabic and was highly regarded even by those outside the subcontinent.
14 Dec 2016 6:05 AM
Discoveries take science by surprise
Einstein went for a completely new version of gravitation which he called the general theory of relativity.
29 Nov 2016 12:44 AM
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The impact of toxic hate speeches and hate crimes in recent years has gone deep into the gut of our society
The G-7 faced especially acute challenges this year as the global effects of Covid-19 pandemic have been compounded by the war in Ukraine
NTR was above pettiness and parochialism, as his vision of Telugu Ganga, one purpose of which was to supply drinking water to Madras, shows
Like good wine, protocol often sets the mood and creates the right atmospherics for the serious diplomatic business that is being conducted