S Chandra

I read an article on S Chandrashekhar and I got a glimpse of how big minds operate. Check this out when you get a chance:
http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/apr252000/generalia.pdf

Here is a very lengthy interview with him where he discusses his career in greater detail:
 http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4551_1.html


It surely is inspirational material!




PS: Srinidhi, you have disable comments for your posts. Try to enable comments. When you edit the post, click on "Post Options" link you see at the bottom left of edit window. This has an option to enable comments.


The comment I wanted to make is this: The fossils of tree trunks appear to be those that are neatly cut, like from a chain saw. How did that happen when this should be dating back from pre-human days?


I haven't had time to post of late. The following are coming up soon:
1. The universe may end up in a Big Crunch or a Big Freeze or a Big Rip. These are certain ideas that capture our imagination. 
2. Narasimhanna suggested that I draw pictures to depict visual proofs of such things as (a+b)^2=a^2+2ab+b^2 and Pythogoras theorem, etc.