If an analysis of computing texts were to be done, I am willing to bet that ‘Alice in Wonderland’ would … More
Category: History of Science
Viva Castro, the Michelangelo of revolutionaries!
The towering personality of the 20th century has passed away. His achievements and those of Cuba under him are monumental. … More
Father Berrigan: For the Children and the Bread
Father Dan Berrigan died yesterday (April 30, 2016). He was one of the leading lights of the antiwar and civil … More
Patrice Lumumba-Never to forgive, never to forget
The Jewish culture has this very powerful saying, which many Jews especially repeat on a day called the holocaust memorial day: Never … More
Paris Attacks: Collective Moral Blindness Spells Collective Doom
What happened in Paris was heart-wrenching and tragic. My first reaction was intense anger at the monstrous perpetrators. Soon after, … More
Rational Fools
Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen, coined the term “Rational Fools” nearly 35 years ago. In his famous paper, Sen … More
Abdus Salam and Galileo: The separation of science from religion (and philosophy)
Dr Abdus Salam, the late Pakistani particle physicist is the only Muslim physicist till date to have been awarded the Nobel … More
Newton’s ‘Quantum Revolution’ and the Death Knell of Materialism
In an earlier post on Einstein, I discussed Newton’s demolition of the mechanical philosophy. Since the topic of materialism is … More
Galileo and Economics
Or ‘Why we can’t blame Galileo for the latest financial crisis!’ 🙂 Modern science can be roughly said to begin … More
Alan Turing in a society of machines
I am usually not at a loss for words (at least while writing). But what can one possibly write about … More
