Category: podcasts

Conversation with Amitabh Joshi

Amitabh Joshi is a Professor in EVOLUTIONARY AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY UNIT at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Adv Sci Research, Bengaluru. He is also a poet in Urdu and English (and occasionally, Persian).

his lab webpage : https://sites.google.com/view/ebl-jncasr/home

his twitter link : https://twitter.com/joshiamitabhevo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

In this episode, we discussed him becoming a biologist; his journey in to the  realm of genetics and evolutionary biology; science and its interface with society; on how to do research; and how to think of problems; we also discussed interface of art and science and; in a way, we broke the myth of CP Snow’s essay on “Two cultures”. Also, don’t miss the fabulous recitation of poems in Persian and Urdu – including lines from Iqbal and Rumi, and delightful insights on his thoughts in eloquent Hindustani. There is so much to listen, learn and think about…as always on a conversation with Amitabh

Listen…as we humanize science…

on youtube (audio) :

on spotify :

on google podcast :

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMTcyMGUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ODc3MjgyN2UtMTA4OC00NGUzLTkxN2UtYjM2MzlhMDAzNDZj?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiwwOTq4byAAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

on apple podcast :

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-14-conversation-with-amitabh-joshi-the-beautiful-mind/id1687861465?i=1000623112998

References : “The Two Cultures.” In Wikipedia, June 28, 2023. ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Two_Cultures&oldid=1162392930⁠⁠.

“Amitabh Joshi.” In Wikipedia, January 21, 2023. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amitabh_Joshi&oldid=1134862112⁠.

“Amitabh Joshi | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.” Accessed July 13, 2023. ⁠https://www.jncasr.ac.in/faculty/ajoshi⁠.

Amitabh Joshi at Navisht 2019, 2019. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuZI0Lu1r9E⁠.

“EBL, JNCASR.” Accessed July 29, 2023. ⁠https://sites.google.com/view/ebl-jncasr/home⁠.

“EBL, JNCASR – Amitabh Miscellaneous Interests.” Accessed July 29, 2023. ⁠https://sites.google.com/view/ebl-jncasr/amitabh-miscellaneous-interests⁠.

“Joshi, Amitabh.” Accessed July 13, 2023. ⁠https://press.princeton.edu/our-authors/joshi-amitabh⁠.

Joshi, Amitabh. “Poems Recited by Amitabh in This Podcast.” Google Docs. Accessed July 31, 2023. ⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BzJFUuunbWctVd_yCKARKtdEczlUXEfI/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=108686585365385026951&rtpof=true&usp=embed_facebook⁠.

Conversation with Saptarshi Basu

Our youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/@g.v.pavankumarlab2908/playlists

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Saptarshi Basu is a ‘Pratt and Whitney Chair Professor’ at Mechanical Engineering department of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru . Saptarshi lab webpage : https://www.saptarshibasulab.com/

His research interests include Multiphase transport processes. Atomization and sprays, Micro-nanoscale transport in droplets, Combustion.  In this episode we discuss his dreams, transition from Engineer to a Scientist, his philosophy on research, teaching and academia; Segments on covid related work, Rabindra sangeet & many other things

Listen as we humanize science…

spotify :

google podcast : https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMTcyMGUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw

apple podcast :

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-13-conversation-with-saptarshi-basu-dreams-droplets/id1687861465?i=1000622340022

References :

  1. “Saptarshi Basu | webpage : https://mecheng.iisc.ac.in/people/saptarshi-basu/.
  2. “Amazon.In.” Accessed July 15, 2023. https://www.amazon.in/Books-G-Venkataraman/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AG.+Venkataraman.
  3. Borderless. “Abhisar by Rabindranath Tagore,” September 14, 2021. https://borderlessjournal.com/2021/09/14/abhisar-by-rabindranath-tagore/.
  4. “College Street (Kolkata).” In Wikipedia, April 4, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=College_Street_(Kolkata)&oldid=1148195301.
  5. “Manik Bandopadhyay.” In Wikipedia, March 5, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manik_Bandopadhyay&oldid=1142950285.
  6. “Park Street, Kolkata.” In Wikipedia, March 12, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Park_Street,_Kolkata&oldid=1144224604.
  7. “Poem: Can Death Be Sleep, When Life Is But a Dream by John Keats.” Accessed July 15, 2023. https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/can-death-be-sleep-when-life-dream.
  8. Popova, Maria. “When Einstein Met Tagore: A Remarkable Meeting of Minds on the Edge of Science and Spirituality.” The Marginalian (blog), April 27, 2012. https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/04/27/when-einstein-met-tagore/.
  9. “Rabindranath Tagore.” In Wikipedia, July 5, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rabindranath_Tagore&oldid=1163532295
  10. “Rabindranath Tagore – Verses – কথা – অভিসার (Abhisar).” Accessed July 15, 2023. https://www.tagoreweb.in/Verses/kotha-39/abhisar-1211.
  11. “Satyajit Ray.” In Wikipedia, July 14, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Satyajit_Ray&oldid=1165363344.
  12. “South Point School.” In Wikipedia, June 1, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Point_School&oldid=1158045282.
  13. “Srinivasa Ramanujan.” In Wikipedia, June 2, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Srinivasa_Ramanujan&oldid=1158140678
  14. “The Last Leaf.” In Wikipedia, March 22, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Leaf&oldid=1145991454.

Conversation with Nagaraj Balasubramanian

Nagaraj is a cell biologist and an Associate Professor of Biology at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

He is a scientist who interfaces with society and has a keen sense aesthetics and love for music.

We discussed research/education/music+Spic-Macay/a fascinating story of a concert+small segment in Tamil+ a Hindi poem & many other things

Listen…as we humanize science

You can also listen at :

Youtube : https://youtu.be/IfAebdM6yIo

Google podcast : https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMTcyMGUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/NDY1MTQyMmUtNzQyMS00NTlhLTkyZjQtMGNhZWFmOGE3NTg0?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjA1JqdzJmAAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

Apple podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-12-conversation-with-nagaraj-balasubramanian-cell/id1687861465?i=1000621582402

New Episode : Conversation with Seema Sharma

Seema Sharma is an experimental particle physicist who was also part of the experimental discovery of Higgs Boson at CERN. She is an Associate Professor, in the department of physics at the Indian institute of Science education research, Pune – India.

    In this episode we discuss about her journey from Rajsamand Rajasthan, to TIFR Bombay, then to FermiLab US and then to IISER Pune. We did a deep dive on what it takes to be an experimental physicist. We discuss about the role of conceptual understanding of various topics in physics, including quantum physics, to do cutting edge experiments. She further revealed her understanding of doing mega science projects in large collaborative networks and how it has influenced her thinking. There is a small and nice segment in Hindi in which Seema explains about her research and motivations.

Listen…as we humanize science

google podcast link : https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMTcyMGUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/MzMzZjI5NDctZDQyMi00MWQ2LTg0YjQtN2Y0YjE2MGI2M2E2?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwioitCEjIiAAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

youtube audio link : https://youtu.be/GPXzn5FxV4M

Seema Sharma’s Webpage: http://sites.iiserpune.ac.in/~seema/.

References:

  1. “Rajsamand.” In Wikipedia, January 19, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rajsamand&oldid=1134565017
  2. “The Higgs Boson | CERN.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://home.cern/science/physics/higgs-boson.
  3. “Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | TIFR.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.tifr.res.in/.
  4. “Sunanda Banerjee.” Accessed July 10, 2023. http://iacs.res.in/athusers/index.php?navid=0&userid=IACS090.
  5. “Fermilab | Home.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.fnal.gov/.
  6. “Home | CERN.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://home.cern/.
  7. “Inquiring Minds.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/physics/index.html.
  8. “The Large Hadron Collider | CERN.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider.
  9. Weinberg, Steven. “Four Golden Lessons.” Nature 426, no. 6965 (November 2003): 389–389. https://doi.org/10.1038/426389a.
  10. “William Dalrymple (Historian).” In Wikipedia, July 1, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Dalrymple_(historian)&oldid=1162930456.

New episode on podcast : Conversation with Sutirth Dey

Sutirth Dey is an evolutionary biologist. He is a Professor of Biology at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. In this conversation we discussed about his own evolution as a biologist, his career trajectory from Patna, Delhi, Bangalore to Pune, and how his knowledge, research and teaching has been influenced by the interactions he had over the years. There is a nice segment in Bengali and Hindi where he explains his research on evolutionary biology and ecology. We also discussed his deep interest in reading and Qawwali music, and many more things…

Listen, as we humanize science.

Spotify

Youtube

Google Podcast

Sutirth is on Twitter : https://twitter.com/SutirthDey.

References :

  1. “PBL@IISERPune.” Accessed June 30, 2023. https://sites.google.com/a/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/sdlab/.
  2. “PBL@IISERPune – Sutirth.” Accessed June 30, 2023. https://pbl.acads.iiserpune.ac.in/sutirth.
  3. “MolBioForAll.” Accessed June 30, 2023. https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/molbioforall/home.
  4. “Amitabh Joshi | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.” Accessed June 30, 2023. https://www.jncasr.ac.in/faculty/ajoshi.
  5. Anderson, P. W. “More Is Different.” Science 177, no. 4047 (August 4, 1972): 393–96. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.177.4047.393.
  6. “Biostatistics: A User’s Perspective.” Accessed June 30, 2023. https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/biostatscourse/home.
  7. Dey, Sutirth, and Amitabh Joshi. “Stability via Asynchrony in Drosophila Metapopulations with Low Migration Rates.” Science 312, no. 5772 (April 21, 2006): 434–36. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1125317.
  8. IndiaBioscience. “Standing Conventional Wisdom on Its Head,” July 14, 2017. https://indiabioscience.org/columns/conversations/standing-conventional-wisdom-on-its-head.
  9. “Mewa Singh.” In Wikipedia, May 24, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mewa_Singh&oldid=1156769563.

New episode on podcast : Conversation with Aditi Sen (De)

Aditi Sen (De) is a Professor at HRI, Allahabad. We had a freewheeling conversation on her biography, research on quantum information, motherhood, her experience of working in Europe and India. Also we have small segment in Bengali বাংলা (her mother tongue) on quantum research and motivations. Listen as we humanize science…

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0PxgZe1sdPwlIkDCUXwDht?si=1aWctGNcRmmc3i1H4SmT9g

YouTube: https://youtu.be/NPxLccZ5Z64

Google podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMTcyMGUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/YTcyYjg0N2MtYWZiMS00M2E1LTljODgtMmFiNDE2NjZlZGQ3?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiY-86xwuf_AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

1.     “Aditi Sen (De).” Accessed June 27, 2023. ⁠https://sites.google.com/view/aditisende⁠

2.     “Aditi Sen De.” In Wikipedia, April 14, 2023. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aditi_Sen_De&oldid=1149772049⁠.

3.     Konar, Tanoy Kanti, Ayan Patra, Rivu Gupta, Srijon Ghosh, and Aditi Sen De. “Multimode Advantage in Continuous Variable Quantum Battery.” arXiv.org, October 29, 2022. ⁠https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.16528v1⁠.

4.     Physics World. “Quantum Batteries Harvest Energy from Light,” April 9, 2022. ⁠https://physicsworld.com/quantum-batteries-harvest-energy-from-light/⁠.

5.     “Schrödinger’s Cat.” In Wikipedia, May 16, 2023. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat&oldid=1155122246⁠.

6.     “Dagmar Bruß | Falling Walls.” Accessed June 27, 2023. ⁠https://falling-walls.com/people/dagmar-brus/⁠.

7.     ICFO. “ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences.” Accessed June 27, 2023. ⁠https://www.icfo.eu/⁠.

8.     “ICREA.” Accessed June 27, 2023. ⁠https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/anna-sanpera–trigueros-318⁠.

9.     “Maciej Lewenstein.” In Wikipedia, June 24, 2023. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maciej_Lewenstein&oldid=1161681689⁠.

10.  “Marek Żukowski.” In Wikipedia, February 9, 2023. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marek_%C5%BBukowski&oldid=1138310178⁠.

11.  “Universität Düsseldorf: People.” Accessed June 27, 2023. ⁠https://www.tp3.hhu.de/en/people⁠.

Podcast: Gripping History of Laser Invention

I tell the story behind laser invention. It is a story of human imagination, tenacity, device invention, intense competition, blame and humour. I discuss how the Cold War era USA created an environment to innovate and compete, all thanks to Sputnik…

References :

  1. Hecht, Jeff. Beam: The Race to Make the Laser. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/beam-9780199738717?cc=in&lang=en&.———.
  2. Hecht, Jeff. “Short History of Laser Development.” Optical Engineering 49, no. 9 (September 2010): 091002. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3483597.
  3. Maiman, Theodore H. The Laser Inventor: Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman. Springer, 2017. ⁠https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Laser_Inventor/bjxEDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover⁠.
  4. Townes, Charles H. How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist. Oxford University Press, 2002. https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/How_the_Laser_Happened/hhQzVno6dyIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover.
  5. Boyd, Robert. “Charles H. Townes (1915–2015).” Nature 519, no. 7543 (March 2015): 292–292. https://doi.org/10.1038/519292a.
  6. Garmire, Elsa. “Memories of Charles Townes.” Nature Photonics 9, no. 6 (June 2015): 347–50. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.91.
  7. Maiman, T. H. “Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby.” Nature 187, no. 4736 (August 1960): 493–94. https://doi.org/10.1038/187493a0.

Two Chandrasekhars and their students

I discuss the legacy of two important individuals Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar and their students. I highlight their styles of doing research and how they inspired important schools of thought. I emphasize the role of economic privilege and gender. I discuss Bimala Buti and mention about interesting books on women in science : Lilavatis Daughters and Lab Hopping.

“Bimla Buti.” In Wikipedia, February 8, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bimla_Buti&oldid=1138208481.

“Chandra :: About Chandra :: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – The Man Behind The Name.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://chandra.harvard.edu/about/chandra.html.

“Chandrasekhar and His Limit – Google Books.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Chandrasekhar_and_His_Limit/HNSdDFOJ4wkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover.

Chandrasekhar, S. Liquid Crystals. Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Cladis, Patricia E., Banahalli R. Ratna, and Ranganathan Shashidar. “S. Chandrasekhar (1930–2004): Discotic Liquid Crystals.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43, no. 26 (2004): 3360–3360. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200460918.

Dunmur, David, and Tim Sluckin. Soap, Science, and Flat-Screen TVs: A History of Liquid Crystals. Oxford University Press, 2014. https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Soap_Science_and_Flat_Screen_TVs/2iSQDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover.

Goodby, John W. “Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar (1930–2004).” Nature 428, no. 6986 (April 2004): 906–906. https://doi.org/10.1038/428906a.

Gray, G. W., G. R. Luckhurst, and E. P. Raynes. “Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar. 6 August 1930 — 8 March 2004: Elected FRS 1983.” Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 53 (January 2007): 127–41. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2007.0015.

Great Indians: Professor Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-lJjR7pM7k.

“Imprints Collection.” Accessed June 17, 2023. https://wwws.rri.res.in/htmls/library/imprints_collection/bios/obituary_chandrasekhar.html.

“Imprints Collection – Collected Publications of Prof. Jayaraman.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://wwws.rri.res.in/htmls/library/raman_era/Publications/sc@rri.html.

“Kameshwar C. Wali.” In Wikipedia, May 16, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kameshwar_C._Wali&oldid=1155091599.

Kumar, G. V. Pavan. “Raman’s Nephews.” Scatterings (blog), February 27, 2020. https://backscattering.wordpress.com/2020/02/28/ramans-nephews/.

“Lilavatis Daughters | Women in Science | Initiatives | Indian Academy of Sciences.” Accessed June 17, 2023. https://www.ias.ac.in/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/Lilavatis_Daughters.

NobelPrize.org. “The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1983/chandrasekhar/biographical/.

Penguin Random House India. “Lab Hopping.” Accessed June 17, 2023. https://penguin.co.in/book/lab-hopping/.

“Prof. G S Ranganath.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://wwws.rri.res.in/htmls/library/imprints_collection/album/Prof.%20G%20S%20Ranganath/index.html#.

“Prof G S Ranganath | Imprints Collection | Raman Research Institute.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://wwws.rri.res.in/htmls/library/imprints_collection/bios/gsrangnath.html.

“Prof G Srinivasan.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://wwws.rri.res.in/htmls/library/imprints_collection/album1/Prof%20G%20Srinivasan/index.html.

“Prof. G. Srinivasan | Imprints Collection | Raman Research Institute.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://wwws.rri.res.in/htmls/library/imprints_collection/bios/srinivasan.html.

“Prof. S. Chandrasekhar | Imprints Collection | Raman Research Institute.” Accessed June 14, 2023. https://wwws.rri.res.in/htmls/library/imprints_collection/bios/chandrasekhar.html.

“Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar.” In Wikipedia, February 8, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sivaramakrishna_Chandrasekhar&oldid=1138214704.

“The Women Scientists of India | Women in Science | Initiatives | Indian Academy of Sciences.” Accessed June 17, 2023. https://www.ias.ac.in/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/The_Women_Scientists_of_India.

Wali, Kameshwar C. A Quest for Perspectives: Selected Works of S Chandrasekhar (With Commentary)(In 2 Volumes). IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1142/p175.

———. A Scientific Autobiography: S Chandrasekhar. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1142/7686.

Wali, Kameshwar C. Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar. Centennial Publications of the University of Chicago Press. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1992. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo3774392.html.

Wali, Kameshwar C. S Chandrasekhar: The Man Behind the Legend. PUBLISHED BY IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS AND DISTRIBUTED BY WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO., 1997. https://doi.org/10.1142/p030.

New episode on podcast

How does science approach failure and ignorance? What is an experiment? What can we learn from a failed experiment? How ignorance plays a relevant role in science and technology? I discuss these and related issues in this episode.

  1. Chalmers, Alan Francis. What Is This Thing Called Science? Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2013. https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/What_is_this_Thing_Called_Science/WQh5wDlE8cwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover.
  2. “Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light, by Albert A. Michelson.” Accessed June 8, 2023. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11753/11753-h/11753-h.htm.
  3. “History of Scientific Method.” In Wikipedia, May 8, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_scientific_method&oldid=1153802180
  4. “Edward W. Morley.” In Wikipedia, April 15, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_W._Morley&oldid=1149891428.
  5. “Dayton Miller.” In Wikipedia, November 12, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dayton_Miller&oldid=1121492015.
  6. Kumar, G. V. Pavan. “Importance of a Failed Experiment.” Scatterings (blog), September 8, 2019. https://backscattering.wordpress.com/2019/09/08/importance-of-a-failed-experiment/.
  7. NobelPrize.org. “The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907.” Accessed June 7, 2023. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1907/michelson/facts/.
  8. “Scientific Method.” In Wikipedia, June 9, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scientific_method&oldid=1159248399.
  9. Swenson, Loyd S. The Ethereal Aether; a History of the Michelson-Morley-Miller Aether-Drift Experiments, 1880-1930. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1972. http://archive.org/details/etherealaetherhi0000swen.
  10. Firestein, Stuart. Ignorance: How It Drives Science. Oxford University Press, 2012. https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Ignorance/GbD052_PH0cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover.

New Episode : Ashkin’s Story – no prize to Nobel prize

References :

  1. “The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of Americ….” Accessed May 31, 2023. ⁠https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11797471-the-idea-factory⁠.
  2. Ashkin, Arthur. Optical Trapping And Manipulation Of Neutral Particles Using Lasers: A Reprint Volume With Commentaries. World Scientific, 2006.
  3. NobelPrize.org. “The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018.” Accessed June 2, 2023. ⁠https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2018/ashkin/biographical/⁠.
  4. Kumar, G. V. Pavan. “Trapping Questions and Evolving Answers.” Scatterings (blog), August 12, 2018. ⁠https://backscattering.wordpress.com/2018/08/12/trapping-questions-and-evolving-answers/⁠.
  5. “Bell Labs (18 Books).” Accessed May 31, 2023. ⁠https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/136522.Bell_Labs⁠.
  6. “Understanding Comets.” Accessed June 2, 2023. ⁠http://www.ianridpath.com/halley/halley2.html⁠.
  7. IUCAA Science Day Events Webcast, 2019. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4tIbxTwasM⁠.
  8. NobelPrize.org. “The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997.” Accessed May 31, 2023. ⁠https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1997/summary/⁠.
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