Monthly Archives: April 2015
A Beautiful Mathematical Crisis.
I’ve always found mathematics and mathematicians mysterious though I must admit I have no formal relations with mathematics as such. …
Debating on Internet is Really a Bad Idea
I have done this countless times on Facebook and Twitter. Then I stopped doing this except for some occasions. Even …
Periodic Table(s)
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The Heartbreaking Story of Vladimir Komarov
I implore all of you to read this story published on NPR. It was truly a shocking, unbelievable and heartbreaking …
I Witnessed Herodotus’s Gold-digging Ants. But They Took Snickers from us.
Herodotus, a Greek historian who lived in 5th century BC, is considered the ‘Father of History.’ In his book, he …
Gradual Insanity of Louis Wain and Abstraction in his Art
Louis Wain was a famous artist who drew hundreds, may be thousands of drawings of cats much before the advent …
Dennett’s Critique of Sam’s ‘Free Will’
So I was reading this critique of the book ‘Free Will‘ by Daniel Dennett. Though I haven’t actually read ‘Free …
Learning How to Learn: Reading List
This is just a compilation of links as suggested in a Coursera course : Learning How to Learn. It is …