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Before the 1980 - 1981 season, the Calgary Flames were the Atlanta Flames. During this seven years, there were 3 head coaches that coached the Flames. They were: Bernie Geoffrion, Fred Creighton, and Al MacNeil. They did not qualify for the playoffs twice in the 7 years and lost five times in the preliminary rounds. Their best season during these 7 years was when Fred Creighton coached them to a 41 win, 31 loses, and 90 points during 80 games in the 1978 - 1979 season.


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I've always been wary of gamblers who risk all or nothing when feeling cornered. Sometimes it may work, often it ends up in disaster. Whenever reading a story about somebody who gambled away a small or big fortune, I always think about how difficult it must be for the people around him to live with somebody so unbalanced because this reckless behavior most certainly will show up in other aspects of his life as well.
Watching the events of the past few weeks especially, I have come to the conclusion that John McCain seems to have a gambler's mentality and frankly, that should scare the living daylight out of everybody watching this ongoing soap opera. When he thought he needed a game changer in his campaign, and ended up picking Sarah Palin as his running mate, he gambled that with only a few weeks to the election, he could excite his right wing base, and at the same time fool everybody else. Unfortunately for him his pick turned out to be so unsophisticated, unqualified and nutty, that it only took about two weeks before the majority of normal thinking people looked through that charade and her rapidly declining poll numbers reflect that. Everybody who watched her Charlie Gibson and now Katie Couric interviews should be genuinely frightened.
The second gamble came just this week when after stumbling through ten days of economic unease, going from "The fundamentals of the economy are strong" to "If we don't act immediately, we will have another Great Depression" and coinciding plunging poll numbers, he "suspended" his campaign (not really) and injected himself into the nearly completed compromise agreement on the bailout and with that political stunt seemingly making things worse for those very delicate negotiations. Political grandstanding, that's all it was. And are you really putting "country first" or are you putting your campaign first, John? I think you ought to drop that line, it rings rather hollow by now. Add to all this his threat of postponing not only the first presidential debate, but also the vice presidential debate (gee, I wonder why?) and you can clearly see that
As for the nut (The Iraq war is a task from God – Getting witchcraft protection from witch hunter pastor praying over her – I can see Russia from my house …..), she speaks for herself. And every time she does, we all should be afraid, very afraid.

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Adult, Community and Public Education As Primary Sites for the Development of Social Capital
Townsend, Robert A (2006) Adult, Community and Public Education As Primary Sites for the Development of Social Capital. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, Volume 46 (Number 2). pp. 153-174. ISSN 1443-1394Full text for this resource is not available from the Research Repository.
This article reviews current literature and discussion about the policies and sites of Australian adult education and training and their potential impact on the development of social capital in a regional context. The review stems from a current research project examining the impact of participation in adult education by people from diverse cultural backgrounds in a regional town in northern Victoria. There is evidence that adult education can transform individuals via access to new knowledge and skills, but can it impact on the social cohesiveness of groups, communities and regions in Australian society? Access and equity policies and strategies form the centre of adult, community and public education in Australia and it is time for these to be significantly reviewed in the context of a culturally diverse twenty first century society.
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The rise of mobile and cloud computing and the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) are presenting all kinds of new challenges for Quality Assurance teams. Most likely, these issues and challenges are costing your enterprise money, lots of it.
What kind of challenges? Let's start here:
- Your app under test likely relies on external components that might or might not be available. That slows down your time to market.
- You need constant access to dependent systems, such as mainframes, third-party applications, partner software and other services while testing your app. That access costs money, and it might not always be available. Again, that slows down your time to market and costs you money.
A market report from the analysts from Gartner says service API Testing and virtualization solutions can make a big difference, resulting in faster delivery of new business functionality in the increasingly complex IT environment.
"The need for API testing and service virtualization is becoming increasingly important as IT organizations develop bimodal capability to support mobile, digital business transformation initiatives in the Internet of Things," Gartner says.
The report, which you can download here for free, touts service virtualization as a capability that "enables earlier, continuous, complete and parallel development and testing of software in a highly complex, heterogeneous and distributed environment. It can also reduce overall test lab costs."
If service virtualization is a new concept to you, check out our primer on the topic here. In short, it allows you to a way to simulate the behavior and responses from any number of complex, interdependent and/or limited services. That removes the constraints that keep people — expensive engineers — boosting their Candy Crush ratings or just sitting around when they should be testing your new apps. The net result is more testing, earlier in the dev cycle.
Says Gartner: "Service virtualization shifts the ability to test applications earlier in their development life cycle, enabling integration and release processes to happen faster, with higher quality and less risk. It also enables other nonfunctional testing, such as performance testing against a simulated connection or load testing that simulates multiple connections."
The analysts recommended that heads of development take four steps in regards to getting the API testing/SV ball rolling at your company:
1. Evaluate your current software development and delivery processes, identifying the biggest issues and challenges from process and skills perspectives. This will lead toward an effective solution and guide the required skills to develop or acquire.
2. Involve roles from different functions and share ownership across several competency leaders in adopting technologies and tools. This will help identify key obstacles to overcome and provide work-arounds so the project can move forward smoothly.
3. Develop a plan for acquiring technologies and tools that will enable much earlier testing in the development life cycle, continuous integration and faster release processes.
4. Adopt a long-term tooling strategy that factors in business needs and requirements, existing processes, tool requirements, benefits, costs, expertise and training.
For more on the benefits of service virtualization and API testing, check out our post from last September where CA Technologies' Krishna Vishnubhotla laid out the 5 ways SV speeds development and improves app quality.
You should also look at some of the other independent research, primarily a number of studies from voke. We've covered some of them here.


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The Melbourne International Comedy Festival was on TV last night and this time around it was being hosted by Tim Minchin.
I really love this guy, maybe because he's a musical comedian who is actually a good musician, as he says "i'm a singer/songwriter who's songs happen to be funny"
Maybe it's because he likes to go barefoot.
Here's a clip of the song he played for the opening of the comedy festival:


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I have been writing love poems for over a decade; some have change into songs, while others have just sat. In far too many lonely moments spent in search of solace, music looks as if it would be the right balm for the injuries of distance dating. That is how you keep the feelings going and your long distance relationship flourishing. Thanks for the advice 🙂 I am having a protracted distance relationship as well but extremely it is the perfect relationship I've ever had!And we're gonna reside collectively in Milan in a couple of months 🙂 I am so completely satisfied…guys,never surrender!
After all, not all lengthy distance relationships will survive, but they aren't any extra more likely to end within the demise than one other sort of relationship. Man that is some nice list of songs, some occasions I listen to songs to help me cope with my lady/fiancé being 2000 miles away and this listing has simply added extra to my listing.
These songs are nice, we also have a number of songs that we have sent each other that aren't long distance songs however for positive describe the love we feel. Lengthy distance relationships typically involve intense emotions and excessive ups and downs. But while many lists exist documenting music that works properly as medication for the damaged-hearted or as ambrosia for the fortunately-in-love, it's trickier to seek out the right love songs for a protracted distance relationship. Likelihood is, he's feeling the same means, and any doubts or fears you will have aren't going to help the connection in the event you're conserving them inside.
If you end up separated by distance from your lover, you'll undoubtedly miss the one you love. It is easier to determine how one can make a protracted distance relationship work in case you share some common interests. The long distance love poems under are written in rhyming fashion and they're free on your personal use. Being in a LDR can delay a relationship that is not meant to be. Distance also gives more opportunities for deception. Whereas nothing can evaluate to a heat sleeping physique subsequent to yours, Pillow Speak can at the least help you feel less alone (and fewer afraid of the dark). The long distance love poem under is about encouraging each other to pull through.
If you happen to can follow these few easy steps, you can also make your lengthy distance relationship work, and work well. Likewise, too many merry-sunshine love songs will only make you cry more — with frustration. Here are the songs that stealthily crept up my most-frequently-performed record in that point.… Read More


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text: This book is more than a series of related chapters. It has been produced collectively. Each chapter, including those ascribed to individuals has been worked on co-operatively. First of all then we want to thank each other for the constant support, open exploration and prompting. Without this we could not have got as far as we have. We are also particularly indebted to Stuart Hall, David Ingleby and Martin Richards for much needed encouragement and helpful criticisms, and to Robin Lister for his considerable editoral effort in helping us to clarify and articulate our arguments, as well as tidying up the scripts. We thank Mary Ann Kernan for her general editorial support and patience, and Francesca Ashurst and Jane Kendrick for giving up valuable time to help with the typing and the index. Many friends have listened to what we were trying to say and helped us to say it better.


text: Humanities › Visual Arts 5 Famous Artists Who Lived With Mental Illness Share Flipboard Email Print Visual Arts Art & Artists Art History Architecture by ThoughtCo Updated September 24, 2018 The idea that mental illness somehow contributes to or enhances creativity has been discussed and debated for centuries. Even the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle subscribed to the trope of the tortured genius, theorizing that "no great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness." Although the link between mental suffering and creative ability has since been debunked, it is true that some of the western canon's most celebrated visual artists have struggled with mental health issues. For some of these artists, inner demons made their way into their work; for others, the act of creation served as a form of therapeutic relief. 01 of 05 Francisco Goya (1746 - 1828) In perhaps no artist's work is the onset of mental illness more easily identified as in Francisco Goya's. The artist's work can be easily divided into two periods: the first is characterized by tapestries, cartoons, and portraits; the second period, the "Black Paintings" and "Disasters of War" series, depict Satanic beings, violent battles, and other scenes of death and destruction. Goya's mental deterioration is linked to the onset of his deafness at age 46, at which time he became increasingly isolated, paranoid, and afraid, according to letters and diaries. 02 of 05 Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night". VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images At the age of 27, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh wrote in a letter to his brother Theo: "My only anxiety is, how can I be of use in the world?" Over the course of the next 10 years, it seemed that van Gogh had gotten closer to finding an answer to that question: through his art, he could leave a lasting impact on the world and find personal fulfillment in the process. Unfortunately, despite his enormous creativity during this period, he continued to suffer from what many have speculated to be bipolar disorder and epilepsy. Van Gogh lived in Paris between the years 1886 to 1888. During that time, he documented in letters "episodes of sudden terror, peculiar epigastric sensations, and lapses of consciousness." Especially during the last two years of his life, van Gogh experienced bouts of high energy and euphoria following bouts of periods of deep depression. In 1889, he voluntarily committed himself to a mental hospital in Provence called Saint-Remy. While under psychiatric care, he created a stunning series of paintings. Just 10 weeks after his discharge, the artist took his own life at the age of 37. He left behind an enormous legacy as one of the most creative and talented artistic minds of the 20th century. It turns out, despite a lack of recognition during his lifetime, van Gogh had more than enough to offer this world. One can only imagine what more he could have created if he had lived a longer life. 03 of 05 Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903) Tahitian women on beach, 1891, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), oil on canvas. Getty Images / DeAgostini After several suicide attempts, Gauguin fled the stresses of Parisian life and settled in French Polynesia, where he created some of his most famous works. Although the move provided artistic inspiration, it was not the reprieve he needed. Gauguin continued to suffer from syphilis, alcoholism, and drug addiction. In 1903, he died at age 55 after a bout of morphine use. 04 of 05 Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) No one could create a painting like the "Scream" without the help of some inner demons. Indeed, Munch documented his struggles with mental health issues in diary entries, in which he described suicidal thoughts, hallucinations, phobias (including agoraphobia) and other feelings of overwhelming mental and physical pain. In one entry, he described the mental breakdown that resulted in his most famous masterpiece "The Scream": I was walking along the road with two of my friends. Then the sun set. The sky suddenly turned into blood, and I felt something akin to a touch of melancholy. I stood still, leaned against the railing, dead tired. Above the blue black fjord and city hung clouds of dripping, rippling blood. My friends went on and again I stood, frightened with an open wound in my breast. A great scream pierced through nature." 05 of 05 Agnes Martin (1912–2004) After suffering a number of psychotic breaks, accompanied by hallucinations, Agnes Martin was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1962 at the age of 50. After being found wandering around Park Avenue in a fugue state, she was committed to the psychiatric ward at Bellevue Hospital where she underwent electro-shock therapy. After her discharge, Martin relocated to the New Mexico desert, where she found ways to successfully manage her schizophrenia into old age (she died at 92 years old). She regularly attended talk therapy, took medication, and practiced Zen Buddhism. Unlike many other artists who experienced mental illness, Martin contended that her schizophrenia has absolutely nothing to do with her work. Nonetheless, knowing a little of the backstory of this tortured artist can add a layer of meaning to any viewing of Martin's serene, almost zen-like abstract paintings. If you or a friend or loved one is suffering, considering suicide, or would like emotional support, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK) is available 24/7 across the United States. Continue Reading


text: Guest BHD Report post Posted January 29, 2012 Sorry OP, dont mean to derail a train of thought, but I have been posting a bit on the original thread, and folks have been comming out of the wood work so to speak. Lots of old players popping in. I was saddened to find this post from Oiled in Florida - Oioled in Florida User ID: 9740380 United States 01/29/2012 10:53 AM Re: Something Just Went BEZERK in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Navy just sunk a French Submarine Look closely at the altered bacteriophages in the Gulf. They are now syn-nano M13 bacteriophages with nano-tubes. This is why they are now growing out of our skin rashes like hairs. BadHairDay User ID: 1501341 Australia 01/29/2012 11:18 AM Re: Something Just Went BEZERK in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Navy just sunk a French Submarine OiF. I feel somewhat ashamed when I read your posts. I am sorry to hear what you point out. You bring this subject back to ground zero. Thank you. Being based in OZ, I dont see the day to day of it all. Easy to forget the 'other side' of this, or rather the effect of this, is all the folks of the Gulf getting sick. Are you likening this to Morgellons? If so, Venter would likely be the culprit of both. @ Polish friends, do you see why this is such a large subject now? It is all interconnected with real life as well as intel and postulation. It certainly isnt about a submarine..... Oiled in Florida is certainly an advocate of the Bezerk thread, and a real time, on the ground observer and scientist in the area. If you recall, he wrote the break down of the corexits used, and pointed out the iron consequences. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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On Saturday, the Internet woke up to an adorable photo of Taimur Ali Khan with his classmates doing the rounds on social media. Taimur attends a playschool in suburban Mumbai and in the class photo, he features with his other pint-sized classmates. The little ones are accompanied by their parents in the class photo and Taimur can be seen safely tucked in mom Kareena Kapoor's arms while dad Saif Ali Khan also joins the two. While the original source of the photo appears unavailable, social media has approved it as Taimur's class photo and showered it with 'likes' and 'shares' to make it go every bit viral.
Taimur's photo with his classmates is sure to make your day brighter but can you spot the little nawab in the frame? As hint, we can tell you Kareena and Saif are colour coordinated in white casuals while Taimur is cute as a button in a red chequered shirt.


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Effect of lanthanum doping on modulating thermochromic properties of VO2 thin films = Thermochromic properties of la doped VO2 thin films
Tan, Nigel Chew Shun
Date of Issue2016
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Singapore National Research Foundation under the CREATE programme
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a promising candidate for smart windows as it exhibits a reversible metal to insulator (MIT) phase transition. However, the phase transition temperature (τc) of pure VO2 occurs at 68oC which is comparatively higher than room temperature (25oC). Hence, the practical application is limited due to its high τc and low integrated visible transmission (Tlum). Thus, appropriate dopant is required to depress τc to ambient temperature. As a result, Lanthanum, a rare earth element was introduced to modify the optical properties of VO2. Sol-gel technique was utilized to fabricate La doped VO2 thin films. Subsequently, TEM and EDX characterizations were used to verify La doping while UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy was used to monitor τc. La doping reduces τc of VO2 below the 4 at. % doping level effectively, at a τc reduction rate of -1.1 °C/at.%. Furthermore, the band gap (Eg) decreased progressively along with the addition of La dopants below the 3 at.% doping level. The optimum value for La doped VO2 thin films was found to be 4 at.% doping level with cooling τc of 49.2oC and the combination of integrated visible transmission (Tlum) and solar modulating ability (ΔTsol) were increased to 50% and 10.3% respectively. This result showed superior Tlum and ΔTsol as compared with undoped VO2 thin films.
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Martin Delaney, the founder of Project Inform, died recently. He was 63 years old. He wasn't HIV-positive, but he was one of the most influential HIV/AIDS treatment activists.
Rachel Maddow gave Delaney a great tribute on her TV show last week for his life's work, especially praising Project Inform and HIV/AIDS activists everywhere.
Here's what Rachel said:
Finally, this week in Northern California, a man named Martin Delaney died at age 63. Mart Delaney was not a household name. He was not known really at all outside his specific expertise. But knowing a little about what Mart Delaney accomplished in his life can tell you a lot about how un-famous people who aren't elected officials, who aren't celebrities can change the course of history.
In the '80s, about 150,000 Americans were becoming HIV positive every year. The mortality rate from AIDS was rising every single year. By the time it peaked in 1995, AIDS was the number one cause of death for people aged 25 to 44. After that peak, the mortality rate started dropping, quickly. The age adjusted death rate for people who are HIV positive has literally dropped 70 percent since then.
Now, the disease didn't change. The virus didn't change. So, why did HIV positive people start living longer? What caused this dramatic change of course in the epidemic? An improvement that translates to hundreds of thousands of people being alive who otherwise would not be?
That's why you need to know who Martin Delaney is. In 1985, Mr. Delaney founded an organization called Project Inform. Alarmed by how many of his friends were getting sick and dying with no hope of medical treatment, Project Inform took matters into their own hands.
They brought medications across the border from other countries illegally. They conducted their own guerilla clinical trials of compounds and medications that dying people were willing to try even when the authorities wouldn't test them.
When some HIV meds finally were in development, they insisted that HIV-positive people be involved in the decision-making and in on the assessment of the drugs' effectiveness.
They pushed for rigor in the trials, community access to the information produced by the trials and a faster, much faster pipeline for getting new drugs into very sick people.
The treatment activist movement that Project Inform helped launch set a new standard how medical research is done. It set a new standard for community activists being recognized as the experts in their own field regardless of whether they had the degrees and job titles that usually confer the honor of expertise.
And not incidentally, they saved the lives of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people who would not have made it if we were still treating AIDS the way we treated it in the Reagan era when our president waited years until 20,000 Americans had been killed by this thing before he so much as uttered the word AIDS in public.
Project Inform still exists. The AIDS activist movement still exists. It is essentially a hidden, huge success story about people power changing the world. It is worth knowing about, maybe even worth joining up.
Click here to read a wonderful tribute to Delaney by AIDSmeds associate editor David Evans.


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Bakawali Sari Warisan is a centre for study based at Kampung Raja, Terengganu set-up by Norhaiza Noordin. It is housed in a complex of antique Malay houses that he has restored. Here you can learn those skills that have been handed down by generations of craftsmen, from simple woodcarved icons to intricate motifs of the Keris hilt.
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MANTECA - A divided school board voted Tuesday to annex about 18 acres of district land into the city of Manteca, but only after separating the land from the cherished district farm.
MANTECA - A divided school board voted Tuesday to annex about 18 acres of district land into the city of Manteca, but only after separating the land from the cherished district farm.
In a 4-3 vote, the Manteca Unified School District Board of Trustees decided to seek a lot-line adjustment from San Joaquin County to separate 18 acres of land holding the current and future district offices from 46 acres containing the district farm, which is used to teach students agriculture.
Trustees Dale Fritchen, Manuel Medeiros and Nancy Teicheira dissented.
Though all board members favor keeping the district farm for students, they differ on whether the future of the farm will be secure as the city limits crawl closer to its boundaries until it, perhaps, engulfs the farmland.
The vote came a week after the Manteca City Council turned down a request to connect water and sewer service to the district's planned $13 million office complex without annexation. Employees at the district office currently drink bottled water and use water-free hand sanitizer because of unsafe levels of nitrates and uranium found in its water supply.
City officials have told the school district that Manteca has rules in place to protect the farm from development or complaints from new neighbors that future development might bring.
"They are not out to hurt us or hurt our farm," said Trustee Evelyn Moore, who voted in favor of annexation.
Teicheira, however, said she was still wary of the future of the farm inside city limits.
The San Joaquin Farm Bureau has asserted that the farm is a valuable asset to the school district and should be protected, but it has not taken a position on whether the farm would be more secure on unincorporated county land than within the Manteca city limits, said program director Tom Orvis.
But county government does have a strong track record when it comes to farming, he said. "Agriculture and what happens to agriculture seems to be more the purview of the county."
Annexation would provide access to city services, but the decision to annex was not made when the board approved the construction plan in October. For months, board and staff members have explored other options, which included digging for new, safe drinking water for the new offices.
Board members expressed frustration that the process to build the complex had progressed so far and for so long with the annexation question being unresolved.
"We did not put the ducks in the right place at the right time," Medeiros said.
Trustees were also concerned they weren't given all the information necessary to decide on annexation, such as the cost to actually connect to city water and sewage, how much monthly rates would be and if it is possible to find safe water beneath district land.
Fritchen said that's what earned his "no" vote.
"I'm not going to vote for the motion, because I don't think we have enough information," he said.
Contact reporter Zachary K. Johnson at (209) 239-6625 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- Page blobs – Random access file up to 8 TB in size. Mostly VHD files that back VMs.
- Append blobs – like block blobs, but optimized for append operations.
- File Storage – Network file share that multiple VMs can share.
- Queue Storage – Store and retrieve messages.
Azure Storage Account
- General Purpose
- Standard (Magnetic disks)
- Premium (SSD disks, recommended for VMs)
- Blob Storage (Block blobs & Append blobs)
- Locally Redundant Storage (LRS: 3 copies in single data center)
- Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS)
- Geo Redundant Storage (GRS)
- Read Access – Geo Redundant Storage (RA – GRS)
Created resource group as it is required before creating storage account.
Created container inside blob service.
Created SQL Databases. Connected it using SSMS.
Tutorial 1
Create a azure data factory pipeline to read input file and transform the data using HDInsight on demand cluster and output the file. Input & Output file are used Azure Blob storage.
Steps –
- Setup storage account
- Create a blob service and upload files to that service. You may want to create specific folders.
- Create data factory.
- Create a linked service to connect azure data store and deploy.
- Create input & output data set.
- Create pipeline
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Create a azure data factory pipeline to copy input file data to SQL database. Input & Output are Azure Blob storage & Azure SQL.
Copy Activity & Copy Activity Wizard
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TIHE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE open-air bath, available only after the thick crust of ice is broken, is in use throughout the severest winter weather needs no commentary to prove the hardi hood which the Outing Club'engenders in some of its members. THE MEANDERINGS OF THE TRAIL An Outing Club trail from Hanover to the White Mountains is a skiway leading through grandeurs of winter scenery wholly unknown to those who nestle be side steam radiators and gaze out upon a world blanketed in white, or who gain their sole idea of a snowclad landscape through the windows of automobile or swift-flying train. Sometimes the trail, in companionable fashion, follows some meandering back country road; then it dips off suddenly into the forest to seek solitude in the sol emnity of Nature's cathedral trees. It descends into deep ravines, it mounts bil lowing slopes of white; sometimes it skirts the edge of a logging camp deso late in its evidences of former habitation. Now it runs straight over hedge and copse, now it sinuously mounts a gleam ing summit from whose eminence the winter world unfolds in all its splendor. Twenty-three miles beyond Moose Mountain Cabin stands the Cube Mount Station, tucked away in a grove of white birches, with the evergreen slopes of the mountain rising as a background for the picture. To the west the noble panorama of the Green Mountains unfolds along the Vermont skyline. Sheltered by a cluster of whispering pines on the eastern shore of Armington Pond, a third cabin is built in the shadow of Piermont Mountain, which rises ab ruptly on the opposite shore. A short walk from the cabin is the famous Lake Tarleton Club, and some distance further along the trail which winds through Web ster Slide is the Great Bear Cabin, deriv ing its name from the fact that students who were prospecting for the site found the tracks of a black bear in the neighbor hood. A FIVE-MILE SLIDE Over the shoulder of Mount Moosilauke goes the traveler after he leaves Great Bear Cabin, and from this eminence the ski sportsman has one of the most de lightful experiences of his excursion, as he slides almost without effort for a dis tance of five miles to the picturesque hamlet of Wildwood. One of the most popular camps of the Dartmouth Club is located in the famous Agassiz Basin, ever to be associated with the great naturalist's elaboration of his theory of glaciers. Here is the Lost River District, little known to the average White Mountain tourist of the summer season, but one of the most interesting regions of the New England States. Lost River is important for what it has been rather than for what it is. In the distant past great torrents of water from a melting glacier flowed here, and once an earthquake shattered the mountain side, hurling huge boulders into the bed of the river, practically burying the stream. Immense "potholes" were carved in the rocks by the action of the water. enabling the student of geology to, read aright the sermons which that mystic, Nature, has written in the stones. Near the point where the river disap pears for its journey of a quarter of a mile underground is the cosy club-house of the Society for the Preservation of New Hampshire Forests. THE PAGEANT OF TIHE PRESIDENTIAL RANGE After passing North Woodstock, which lies beyond Agassiz Basin, the Outing clubman comes to Profile Notch, with its famous "Old Man of the Mountains." Then for a swift slide down Three-mile Hill to Franconia, north to Littleton, to Manns Hill, and finally to Skyline Farm, where ends the trail. Here the whole pageant of the Presidential Range of mountains is spread before the view of the winter visitor-a matchless picture of serrated summits and tree-clad slopes wrapped in an Arctic mantle of iridescent beauty. But hiking is not the be-all and the end all of the Dartmouth Outing Club. There is the spectacular Winter Carnival, staged for the delight of the friends of the stu dents as well as for their own pleasure. During this "Mardi Gras of the North" 158
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text: Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly in Moscow on March 1 [Reuters/Maxim Shemetov] On March 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation speech. The intended audience, however, was not really the Federal Assembly or his electorate; it was actually the West - and more specifically the US. The address almost sounded like one that a North Korea leader would deliver. After a short introduction about economic and social problems, Putin went on to talk at length about Russia's new nuclear weapons, which supposedly have no equivalent elsewhere in the world and which give the country an advantage over the US. Behind his back a big screen showed a video of advanced rockets targeting what looked like the US state of Florida. In terms of pathos, Putin's weapons presentation matched that of Apple unveiling iPhoneX, but the quality of the graphics dragged it down. 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In fact, after Putin's speech, Russia started looking more like another North Korea - a weak country whose only trump card is nuclear weaponry. Putin's strategy did not really work outside of the country, but we are still to see how much effect it will have inside. The Kremlin perhaps hopes that anti-Americanism will unite the electorate. After the collapse of oil prices in 2014, the Kremlin started actively mobilising the electorate around the idea of an external enemy. In the beginning, that was Ukraine; then terrorists in Syria; and now there is the possibility of a nuclear war with the US. The Kremlin perhaps hopes that anti-Americanism will unite the electorate. But as Iran and Venezuela demonstrate, such strategy doesn't really work well in times of economic crisis. Perhaps the Kremlin understands that, but it simply does not have any other options. And that would be a dangerous predicament. 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That some of these rockets which Putin wanted to scare the Americans with do not exist is actually quite a worrying problem in Russia. It is difficult to imagine that Putin would show ridiculous videos if he knew that they were made 10 years ago. And it is possible that he is completely convinced that supersonic nuclear missiles are about to be deployed and that the West is indeed scared. It is also possible that he receives such reports from his administration. In 2014, it was Angela Merkel, who after the downing of flight MH17 above Ukraine gave a plausible-sounding explanation of what could going on in Russia. "Putin is out of touch with reality," she said after meeting the Russian president. When North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pretends to be a lunatic - this is worrying. But when the leader of a big nuclear power, which is already involved in two wars and various "special operations" (from cyberattacks to political subversion), adopts such behaviour - it starts to look dangerous. 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Ramanujan and Salam — what inspired them?
SRINIVISAN Ramanujan (1887-1920) and Muhammad Abdus Salam (1926-1996), two intellectual giants of the 20th century, were born in the same corner of the world. Of humble origin and educated in local schools, they nevertheless rose to dizzying heights in the arcane world of theoretical science. Few others on the subcontinent enjoy their iconic status.
What I shall address below is that both attributed their works to some divine agency. Some of their devotees see this in validating their own respective belief system. With the rise of Hindutva in India, and the violent persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, these claims assume considerable importance. Hence a careful, impartial examination is called for.
No mathematician has a story more romantic than Ramanujan's. Many books, plays, and movies — such as The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) — dwell upon this enigmatic figure. Drawing upon deep intuition, Ramanujan created new concepts in the theory of numbers, elliptic functions and infinite series. Even full-blown mathematicians take years to grasp his complex ideas.
Exceptional genes plus fortunate circumstances is why some become maths-science superstars.
Born in Madras to a low-level clerk, this young Brahmin boy was steeped in tradition, sang religious songs, attended temple pujas, and was a strict vegetarian. But by age 12, he was inventing sophisticated theorems and unwittingly duplicating some results of European mathematicians of the previous century. He flunked college twice for lack of interest in anything but mathematics — in which he excelled. His awestruck teachers could not decide whether he was a genius or fraud.
At 16, encouraged by one of his teachers, Ramanujan sent off a letter to the renowned pure mathematician G.W. Hardy at Cambridge University. It was accompanied by theorems densely packed into nine pages. Hardy was stunned and arranged for him to travel to England. Ramanujan duly obtained permission from the family goddess Namagiri, consulting appropriate astrological data before his voyage overseas.
At age 32, Ramanujan was dead. He had returned to Madras exhausted, half-famished and fed up with English winters. But even on his deathbed, his pen scrawled out profound results. A century later these still intrigue the brainiest of mathematicians and string theorists. He attributed his exceptional qualities to the psychic visitations of Namagiri who would whisper equations to him. Sometimes, he said, "she wrote on my tongue". He told colleagues, "An equation for me has no meaning unless it represents a thought of God."
This was how Ramanujan saw it. But how does one explain that Euler, Bernoulli, Gauss, Cantor, Hilbert and Gödel were non-Brahmin mathematicians who stood still taller? The edifice of modern mathematics owes largely to them, not to Ramanujan. Some were ardent Christians, others agnostic or atheistic. Nobody knows how to explain their feats.
Curiously, Abdus Salam, then a 19-year-old student at Government College Lahore, wrote his very first paper proposing a simpler solution to an intriguing mathematical problem posed about 20 years earlier by Ramanujan. He ended his paper by triumphantly declaring: "His [Ramanujan's] solution is much more laborious".
This was Salam's debut into the world of high mathematics. Born into a conservative religious environment in Jhang — then a village-town — this child prodigy rapidly outpaced his teachers. Fortunately they bore him no grudge and helped him move on to Lahore. The next stop was Cambridge, where he excelled. By the early 1960s, he was one of the world's top particle physicists, ultimately winning 20 international prizes and honours including the Nobel Prize in 1979.
In his later years, Salam gave numerous public lectures and interviews, recorded on camera and in print, locating his source of inspiration in his religious belief. In particular he said the concept of unity of God powered his quest for the unification of nature's fundamental forces as well as his search for ever fewer numbers of elementary particles.
For me, to engage on a sensitive matter with one so senior and superior was not easy. But sometime in 1986 I picked up the courage to ask Salam the obvious question: both he, who thought himself a believer, and Steven Weinberg, an avowed atheist, had worked independently on unifying two of nature's four fundamental forces and yet had arrived at precisely the same conclusions. How?
Salam gave his answer in the preface he wrote for my book on Islam and science (1990), where he stated: "I can confirm that he [Hoodbhoy] is right…", and then went on to explicitly clarify that any bias towards the unification paradigm in his thinking was only unconsciously motivated by his religious background.
There is not the slightest doubt that Salam used exactly the same tools as Weinberg did — principally quantum mechanics and relativity theory — and did physics exactly as other physicists do (but better than most). His political and religious views were irrelevant to his work. Let's note that although they are giants of physics, Salam and Weinberg stood on the shoulders of still greater giants — Einstein, Pauli, Dirac, Wheeler, and Feynman — whose personal philosophies of life vastly differed from each other.
Salam sourced his inspiration to his religious beliefs, while Ramanujan claimed direct transmission from his gods. These claims cannot ever be proved or disproved. It is also irrelevant here that Salam thought of himself as a Muslim whereas, by Pakistani law, he is not.
How can prodigious talent blossom in the absence of rigorous scientific training? Two factors explain Ramanujan's and Salam's successes. First, nature sometimes gifts an individual with exceptional innate mathematical ability. This is associated with brain circuits in the parietal lobe and acquired through genetic transmission. Second, by good fortune, Ramanujan and Salam managed to escape into a scholarly environment — Cambridge University — where their genius could flower. Had either stayed back home he would be unheard of today.
It is usual to take pride in the geniuses belonging to one's own tribe. The ancient civilisations of China, India, Greece, Arabia, and modern European civilisation all claim superiority over others because of the creations of their most brilliant minds. But in fact an individual's exceptional genes and fortunate circumstances — not some supreme transcendence — are the real reasons. While sources of inspiration do differ, empirically and logically deduced results don't. Science and its heroes belong to all humankind, not to any one tribe.
The writer teaches physics and mathematics in Lahore and Islamabad.
Published in Dawn, February 17th, 2018
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The excellence of this article exceeds even your usual high standards of writing and communicating and provoking thought! Well Done sir!
Sir, you are an inspiration to anyone that values progress in science and humanity as foremost. I myself am a Tamilian, and felt proud that a top quality scientist/ teacher like you wrote about another Tamilian. Ramanujan, though was born in Kumbakonam (a town in Tamil Nadu famous for its rich culture and temples). Thank you.
Simply a beautiful article - my heartiest congratulations to the author. Well analyzed (as much as humanly possible and makes logical sense to me - I happen to have science background and hence my admiration.
A very well written article.
Thank you for sharing.
Mt Pervez Hoodbhoy, You are one of the finest thinker among us. A thinker should encourage people to see life without their own prejudices and beliefs. And you do so candidly!
Just own word for this article. "Awesome"
Pervez Hoodbhoy is also genius ,connect with right wire with reader.
Excellent article. Well said. These amazing scientists, whatever their religious or non-religious leanings, belong to all mankind. They utilized and reached their potential. We have all benefited.
I have never seen a writer who like You, seldom deviates from subject matter and concludes perfectly. Barvo.
wonderful article.
Brilliant article Professor
As usual an excellent article from Pervez Hoodbhoy Sir. I am a fan of your writings and speeches. Pakistan is lucky to have people like you . Please write more and enlighten us all .
Another master piece.Thank you sir.
Right Sir, The quality of teaching and research facilities as well as peaceful and conducive environment play a big role in developing great achievers.
You should be the education minister.
Absolutely loved it!
Super. Thx for this wonderful article !
Very good article.
As always you are brilliant.
Superb and very interesting piece on science and mathematics, which is rare in today's world of journalism . The author himself a renowned lecturer has put both the enigmatic personalities in highest esteem. This article should be read by all youngsters as it teaches that "studies of interest" is as religious a prayer, as worshiping the Almighty Gods and a source of inspiration to do well in academia nd in life.
beautiful article! Thanks Dawn.
I bowed to you,Hoodbhoy!
Always a fan Dr Hoodbhoy. Hats off to you from across the border. Keep them coming.
Fanrastic piece..
With this article many Pakistanis would know about Ramanujan.Had he lived his life completely would have done greater contribution to mankind.Sad he passed away to fatigue and serious ailments similar to TB at young age of 32.
Lovely read as always. You sir (Prof Hoodbhoy), are also a Giant among men!!!
Make sense.. understood, thanks.
A most brilliant article by Prof Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy. I am going to share it widely on my list.
Another great article. Keep up the good work Dr - regards from across the border.
The scientists outside the science. Nice article.
Great article full of information. Thanks a lot for sharing information about Great Scholar of Jung, Mr. Abdus Salaam & Great Ramanujan . Both should inspire our young generation of Indus Valley, unfortunately most of them were not aware about them. Our role models are changed & that's reason we are going down the drain day by day. Our film makers should tap these inspiring stories, so that it can reach to masses.
Very wonderful article grasping the core of the role of belief in the human enterprise of science, which must be faithful above all to the profound unity of nature, not the tribalism that confuses our best intentions.
Both were great mathematicians. Hoodbhoy is a great guy too.
Another masterpiece by Prof. Hoodbhoy. True. Brilliant minds can come from any corner of the world irrespective of the source of inspiration. Being a scientist myself, I also trust the stroke of fortune but not in fortune reading or tarot card playing. I was very small when Prof Salam visited my home city Calcutta to see his ailing teacher who who taught him basic math and science when professor Salam was a student in Lahore. Within few days, another famous son of the sub-continent, Prof H.G. Khorana came to Calcutta and presented a seminar. There are many stories like this originated from our countries and their fortune helped them to move out and became someone who made us all proud.
Excellent piece of article. Thank you Sir
Excellent analysis of the two subcontinental giants. This proves that science and knowledge is the heritage of human beings and cannot be monopolized by a particular culture, civilization, or faith. Leaving inspiration aside, a nurturing environment and genetics help polished the faculties of both gentlemen.
As usual Pervez Bhai is a gem of a writer, Pakistan is lucky to have such humans around, especially in the fanatical thinking, upbringing and practising that has been going on for decades and has ruined Pakistan's diversity, scientific outlook and Human values.
Very good article. Ofcourse your religious beliefs have no bearing whatsoever on your scientific achievements.
Very well written. Unfortunately, now a days, we are not getting such brilliant minds from our educational system. Is it the faults of our system or such minds forget to land in our sub continent?
Beautiful article....
Thank you for inducting us in this fascinating world of pure mathematics.
Very well written good balanced arguments looking forward for more articles.
What a beautiful beautiful article. There is nothing I can say that can take away or add to what the author has said. I can only thank Dawn for bringing it to print. Yes, Knowledge is given by Divine and Divine is only one and undivided. And Indeed these both great men are our own, but so are Euler and Bernouli and all the seekers of Truth, Beauty and Divine. And indeed they went closer to Divine, than possibly many of us ever would.
Extremely well written article.
As best as his style is always . He comes with exceptionally great thought and sums up so many details in on small column so beautifully. Keep writing sir.
'Science and its heroes belong to all humankind, not to any one tribe...' Another masterpiece from Professor.
Great Article!
There may seem to be no emprical connection between religous beleifs of an individual and his scientific acheivments but however the only thing that connects the two is the commonality of purpose, which is to tame ultimate reality
I want to kiss this beautiful scientific article! Mr. Hoodbhoy with this one article you've risen exponentially in my estimation
@Sriram Chellappan: you totally missed the point
Dear sir, you are one of the very few gems produced by our entire subcontinent. Your analytical thinking, your high caliber inelegance, Truth fullness, conviction of thoughts ... I have no words to say. May the almighty give you long life to enlighten humanity!
Beautiful article..Very enlightening . makes Dawn worthwhile reading when you come across these kind of articles..
Thanks, I saw the movie on Ramanuju on National Geographic, wonderful movie.
An excellent analysis.
Dear Hoodbhoy Saab , I wait for your articles. Even as a science student myself , I wasn't aware of Ramanujan's exceptional life details. Your polite sarcasm on other great M.A.Salam is also your tribute to the deceased soul , where as a fellow educationalist you are fighting for Mr Salam's rights. Keep it up Dawn.
The diversity and the quality of articles is what makes DAWN a different newspaper
What a beautiful, thoughtful piece!
Dear Professor, your articles made me a fan of Dawn. Thank you once again from the other side of the hatred line.
Being mother of all sciences, mathematics unfolds the inner core of human intellect and ability to acquire critical thinking and analytical knowledge. French Philosopher Ren'e Descartes' Cogito ergo Sum ( I think; therefore I am ) explains the power of thinking when he says it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Both Ramanujan and Salam were gifted with good minds, and they also knew how to use them well. Professor Hoodbhoy is a capable mind who can help improve the quality of education in Pakistan by offering effective remedial measures required to produce brilliant students worthy of bringing respect and honor to the country in different fields including the field of Science.
Great article. Especially I suggest fanatic people to read this excellent piece and open their mind.
Wish there were more Pervez Hoodbhoy's in this world !!!. our world would be so much better. It gives so much happiness to read a wonderfully written piece as you have.
What an inspiring article only expected from the pens of Dr. Hoodbhoy. Scientific achievements belong to all irrespective of their origins or beliefs. Please remind us our heritage of science & mathematics in South East Asia through your writings. We do have portrait of both Ramanujam & Dr. Salam in IIT-KGP.
Absolutely Right,Prof.You are great.
Very logical explaination.superb.
Very good article and excellent narration, But Arabia never had a civilization, might be you meant Persian civilization.
Loved this exceptional article. Good job!
Well thought well organized article. Well done sir.
Anything Pervez Hoodbhoy writes is worth reading. He is a man with courage and integrity.
Professor saheb, salute to your broad minded views, particularly appreciating the greatness of a neighbour scientist !! Pakisthan can raise in the world arena only by the effort of intellectuals like you .. My dream is that someday in future, you should be the federal education minister....
As expected, Professor Hoodbhoy excels in his logical consistency and fluid articulation. It is unfortunate that politicians take undue advantage of such iconic figures such as Ramanujan and Salam to score points according to their own agenda. What happened to Dr. Salam in Pakistanis deplorable. In contrast, Ramanujan has been revered as a hero long before the emergence of Hindutva movement. Every school kid is taught the importance of his achievements. I know it for a fact that Indira Gandhi had sanctioned a pension for Ramanujan's widow who died in 1994.
In summary: greatness comes in all shape and color and all walk of life.
I think your great sir, and I request that you should always provide guidelines for new generation
You are great sir, and hope you shall provide light and good guidance for new generation Thanks
We all should feel lucky and proud that among DAWN'S writers are such gems as Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy (sometimes I do not agree with his political writings though, which is my right I believe) whose above article is absolute Masterpiece! Thank you Mr. Hoodbhoy! Thank you DAWN!
You are right
Sir, you shoud write more often. I eagerly wait for your masterpieces.
Could you please please please pen an article on S.C Bose ?
Splended article, we should not mingle religious with science, any though today is right but tomorrow can be proved wrong, though it is better our schools shall teach to children science is science and religious is related to everyone faith.
Amazing article by Dr Hoodbhoy. A fan from neighborhood... waiting your next visit for lecture.
Pervez Hoodbhoy, sir you are great, we are proud of you. The narration of two great scientists from humble ground is itself a mater piece of fiction writing. I read each and every word of comments from great people my eyes became wet. Such article are inspiration for the young students. I request ministries of education to include biographies of great people in school courses.
First, kudos to Dr. Hoodbhoy for writing such a brilliant piece... brilliance came from within for these two extraordinary scholars.. genes and environment.., not from some 'divine energy transfer' as they themselves felt/interpreted it. Finally, nothing to take away from the article but I wouldn't consider Salam and Ramajuman as equals.. one is absolutely brilliant and the latter is a genius. There is a huge difference.
Dr. Hoodbhoy, thanks for a very informative article. We can find the essence of what you said in a Ghalib couplet:
Aatay hein ghaib say yeh mazameen khayal mein Ghalib sareer e khaama nawai sarosh hei
Heaven-inspired are those thought Ghalib The sound of the pen writing is the voice of angels
Once again Hoodbhoy seems to know the motivation and inspiration of the mentioned scientists better than they themselves claimed and did. In the end he makes a sweeping generalization for which there is little substance in the foregoing discussion. Genes? Since when did Hoodbhoy become a biologist? Genes have nothing to do with knowledge, which is mostly cultural and socio-lingual. Exceptional circumstances given the rarity of meaningful breakthroughs sound more like exceptional drive based on inspiration whether it be theological or material.
This article is full of errors and unsubstantiated pseudo-scientific claptrap.
Please cite a study comparing the brain structure of the scientific greats compared to the average population and showing a consistent correlation between brain structure and scientific output. Cutting and pasting medical terms to sound scientific doesn't make an argument. Ramanujan and Salaam were exceptional individuals who excelled in their fields, but to attribute their success to a quirk of genetics is an insult to those individuals. It dismisses the constant hard work, dedication and discipline that goes into achieving success, whether it be in science, sports or any other field.
Study after study has shown that the single most important factor in a person's success is the support structure provided at home and in school.
Success is not an exclusive "Jedi" club determined by a genetic accident of birth. It is the birthright of every individual who works hard and remains focused on their goals.
Thank you sir, for this exceptional write up.
excellent article
It says a lot about the gradually evolving Pakistani society: Dr. Abdus Salam and Mlalala.
Why you guys have to compare with some thing which your are not. Ramanujan will always be remembered as "Man who know infinity", a very tall stature to aspire.
Beautiful . Sir well done you even touched a psychological debate genetic vs environment. Totally awesome
Excellent Sir.
The learned professor makes a lot of sense. He should keep it up.
Let me try to summarize in one word: simply brilliant in clarity of content and writing style.
Perhaps I may have exceeded the word limit and no one is going to write about my math skills, not even fiction writers, let alone Mr. Hoodbhoy.
Other mathematicians seem to stand taller than Ramanujan because their concepts have already been understood and being used in practical applications. A chunk of Ramanujan's work has not been even understood, let alone used in practical applications. It is said that a lifetime may be short to understand what he has done in a span of a few years. That's why he is an enigma. It is my feeling that once all his work is understood, he might be regarded as the greatest of all who have been.
The last sentence of this article is the crux of this massage.
wonderful analysis and a thought provoking article. Hats off to Pervez Hoodbhoy.I never miss your thought provoking articles specially on teaching of science and scientific temper .
As in the past Hoodbhoy excells. I am the wiser after reading his thoughts. Thanks.
Just wonderfully written, like many of the thought provoking articles Pervez Hoodbhoy writes.
G Parthasarathy
Beliefs of humans apart, the article does not address why the superior brain circuitry could not itself be considered to be a divine gift.
Agreed with your analysis and conclusion. The tendency of crediting a belief system or higher intervention is very common among believing achievers. I wonder sometimes if their attribution of success to divine inspiration is done consciously and reflects their modesty and humbleness or is this a display of religious vanity. Nevertheless, their achievements are tremendous and their contribution to the growth of human knowledge is incredible.
Excellent, as always.
Sir, You are an evangelist of science education whose impact is felt as inspiration and motivation even across the borders.
In all your articles, your yearning to see your country promote and thrive in science education is seen. I wish to see the transformation happen in your (and my) lifetime so that the brilliant minds that the land has been producing since time unknown is focused back on the right things and bring glory back to our part of the world.
I am speechless in admiration!
I am really a fan of scholastic mind of the distinguished author. If I am correct I may draw the kind attention of the distinguished author that the English Director or the boss of the shipyard company where Ramanujam was working as a clerk was surprised to see his genius and had sent the scribbled mathematical problems to his friend in England who was perhaps Hardy. I may be corrected if I am wrong. However, Hoodbhoy, the most distinguished writer deserves applause from every sensible person for throwing light on Ramanujam and Abdus Salam. The credit also goes to the Dawn for publishing the same.
A very scholarly article. Credit to your goodself. I wish you well
@JA-Australia Good comment.
Let us give Ramunajan and Salam enough credit for what they have achieved by receiving the Nobel prize and making their country proud. They worked very hard and put in countless hours to realize what they wanted to prove in their respective fields. In their case, it was faith in the Supreme Power that propelled them forward irrespective of other western scientists whether they were christians or atheists. When one does not have an answer they hide behind the veil of genes. Any individual has the potential to succeed if he/she believes in putting in hardware work, sets goals and leaves the rest to Almighty. Let us emphasize the role of good education and perseverance as tools; faith,support and opportunity for success.
Some corrections. Ramanujam did not go to Cambridge at the age of sixteen. After his High School he took up a job in the Madras Port trust and got married. His British boss in the Port Trust found him working on complex math problems and was impressed with his work which he kept in a personal note book. The boss then arranged for him to go to Cambridge and work under Mr.Hardy and he then did remarkable work and was instantly recognised as a gifted genius. His strict vegetarian diet and the cold winters affected his health and later he died prematurely .
Great article Mr. Hoodbhoy! We need more people like you in our countries to inspire others!
Someone please appoint him our Education Minister
Thanks to pen u made on him, great details are added , awesome.
Lots of Indians commenting here.