Attended an amazing talk by Prof. C. N. R. Rao just
an hour ago. What an enthusiastic fellow till now in the age of 80. He
decorated his lecture by the showcase of various extraordinary minds of 18th
and 19th century and the connections of various approaches in science amongst
all those great minds. He believes that it is needed a proper knowledge of the
history of those pioneer groups of modern sciences.
It helps in good
understanding of science and to connect properly while we are approaching with
innovative ideas. We can understand the key elements from those great people
and it helps to connect our new ideas in proper direction.
A few key points I understood are:
* Science's contribution to us is amazing and what
is my contribution as an individual to science? Just think about it???
* Be selfish towards yourself and not to the
society.
* Know your integrity and contribute as an
individual to the science and society. Thus you, your surrounding and slowly
everything will change. (Michael Faraday did everything individually without
any guidance, students; amazing!!!)
* Science does not follow any holidays (Heisenberg
reported the uncertainty principle during a vacation time in the absence of his
guide). Thus we should work hard to change our society.
* China contributes 14.5% of science, U.S.A 16.5%
and India's contribution is only 2.5%.
His body language reflected a lot of things which I could feel.
Really a devoted person of Bharat Mata!!!
Author: Chandan Das
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