स्कूल में हम सभी को sine और cosine की कई values याद करनी पड़ी होंगीं। आजकल एक calculator में डालकर इन values को प्रयोग किया जाता है। क्या आपने सोचा है कि यह values आती कहाँ से हैं? आर्यभट ने आज से लगभग 1500 साल पहले अपनी कृति आर्यभटीय में sine की सटीक values दी हैं!
आर्यभटीय भाग-1 :आर्यभट और उनकी अनोखी अंक पद्धति
आर्यभटीय में मात्र 121 श्लोकों में गणित और खगोलशास्त्र के कई सिद्धातों को वर्णन है। भाग-1 में हम इसके पहले अध्याय गीतिका पद पर मंथन प्रस्तुत कर रहे हैं। अगर आपको जासूसों की तरह गुप्त सन्देश भेजने में रुचि है , तो आर्यभट की इस अनोखी अंक पद्धति पर ग़ौर फ़रमाएं! और देखें कि कैसे एक श्लोक में कई खगोलीय पिंडों के बारे में आर्यभट सदियों पहले सटीक जानकारी देते हैं, जो आधुनिक विज्ञान जाने वाली जानकारी के बेहद करीब है!
How to Hack your Brain to Be Happy: The Upward Spiral
The closest you'll ever get to own a Philosopher's stone is to own the book "The Upward Spiral" by Dr. Alex Korb! It'll definitely make your life larger, and probably long too! The book discusses neuroscience to unravel neat tips and tricks and lifestyle changes you can make to live a happier life. What make it different from a typical "self-help" book? Solid Science!
Think Girls Can’t Do Maths? Think Again!
A lot of people think "Girl's can't do maths!" This attitude has wreaked havoc on our society by ripping us of precious human resource. It is heart breaking that a lot of young girls lose their confidence and dreams to such propelled myths. In this article we present results from peer-reviewed research which challenge this common notion. We hope to create a future where such stereotypes are a thing of past! Join us!
Seeing the World Through Images: A Sneak Peek into Image Processing Techniques
Have you ever wondered about the fantastic world of images, be it on Facebook, Instragram etc. created by your own phone or digital camera? How different filters work? This article describes various image processing techniques and their applications briefly with several examples. We present a simple discussion of mathematics behind The fundamental image transforms and image processing applications like, image registration, image mosaicing and 3D reconstruction from images.
कैसे बनती है एनीमेशन की स्वप्निल दुनिया
कभी न कभी कोई एनिमेटेड मूवी तो जरूर देखी है हम सबने। आइये जाने Mickey Mouse के ज़माने से लेकर आज की आधुनिक एनीमेशन मूवीज के युग में क्या बदला है! असाधारण कहानियाँ तो हम बहुत पहले से लिखते रहे है, परन्तु तकनीकी इन कहानियों को कहने के अंदाज में किस प्रकार से क्रांति लायी है, आइये जाने...
Battery : “Energy can neither be created nor destroyed !! But can be stored :D”
Battery! Nowadays, a part and parcel of everyone's life. Let us all have a look how this small guy works and provides our phones, homes etc. life when they need it!
We Don’t Know 96% of Our Universe-2: Darth Vader Explains Dark Energy (confronted by Bane and Batman) [Audio Available]
In this second part of the two part series, Lord Darth Vader tells us about The Dark Energy, 70% in the 96% Dark Universe. He got a bit adventurous with predicting the fate of the Universe, and got into issues with Bane and Batman. We had to run away before things got heated up and save whatever footage we got.
We Don’t Know 96% of Our Universe-1: Darth Vader Explains Dark Matter (Audio Available)
Hello Earthlings !
All you see and understand is merely 4% of the Universe !
Let Lord Vader teach you about your 96% Ignorance !
The Morality Of Fundamental Physics : A Lecture by Prof. Nima Arkani-Hamed
Have you ever thought about the possibility of a moral code, an idea of "right" and "wrong" behavior independent of human and social constructs ? Famous Physicist Prof. Nima Arkani Hamed discusses here a possibility of morality in the framework of Science. You may agree or disagree but this is an extremely thought provoking discussion.