How I Got This Idea?

by Lingaraj Patnaik

This book gives a fresh perspective of the foundations of sciences, is absorbing and informative. Feast with Newton, Maxwell, Ludwig Lorenz, Hendrik Lorentz, Einstein, Cauchy, Riemann, Bacon, Russell, Feynman, Douglas Hofstadter on the beauties of nature and sciences. Read about the principle of transverse wave propulsion operating in fish and birds. Derive the laws of mechanics from the law of conservation of energy. Ponder over the speed of an observer relative to the light photons. Ponder over the heat equivalent to four atom bombs raining from the sky every second. Recite poems with Walter de la Mare and read kaons while brooding over a geometrical limitation of one-dimensionality of descriptive language.

146 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2014