Tag Archives: National Science Day
Majorana 1, science journalism, and other things
While I have many issues with how the Nobel Prizes are put together as an institution, the scientific achievements they have revealed have been some of the funnest concepts I’ve discovered in science, including the clever ways in which scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Kitaev, Ben Feringa, Cassandra Willyard, curiosity, curiosity-driven research, David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, Fraser Stoddart, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, John Kosterlitz, Majorana 1, Majorana fermions, Microsoft, National Science Day, Nobel Prizes, quantum computing, science journalism, The Hindu, topological order
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Some science prizes are only for men
Say Someone has won the Nobel Prize for physics, perhaps the most prestigious honour (as awards go) for a physicist. What would it mean for all the future awards given to this Someone? One thing that a Nobel Prize does, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Culture, Science
Tagged bad faith, Bias Watch, MS Valiathan, National Science Day, Nobel Prize, S Natarajan, Samir K Maji, SASTRA Deemed University, T Pradeep, women in STEM
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‘Aatmanirbharta through science’
The Week magazine distinguished itself last year by picking Indian Council of Medical Research chief Balram Bhargava as its ‘person of the year’ for 2021. And now, ahead of National Science Day tomorrow, The Week has conducted an “exclusive” interview with science minister … Continue reading
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Tagged integrated science, Jitendra Singh, National Science Day, National Science Week, The Week
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NSD II
That the Modi government has been able to coopt National Science Day as well as it has speaks only to the occasion’s moral vacuity. India’s National Science Day is the day on which physicist C.V. Raman discovered the optical effect … Continue reading
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Tagged C.V. Raman, integrated science, National Science Day, pseudoscience, scientific temper
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