As the new year has commenced with its own share of optimism and joy in our lives, I embark upon a yet another exciting journey of the second semester in the Institute of Science, to get enchanted by the captivating aura of this place to deeper extents.
Today we were indeed lucky to have an interaction-cum-discussion session on the book by the renowned astrophysicist Dr. S Chandrashekhar-'Truth And Beauty:Aesthetics and Motivations in the Pursuit of Science' graced by our distinguished professors and Prof. N. Mukunda, who gave the opening talk of the session, which was followed by the talk by Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhari, essentially resourcing the food for thought which was a vital driving force of the entire session.
This was follwed by detailed discussions on the book in groups of around 15-20 people who in turn were led by professors from our institute, where specific intricacies in the magnificient book were dealt in a holistic and heuristic fashion. It was really amazing and overwhelming to listen to various views juxtaposed together which were ultimately trying to define(or sometimes 'undefine' in an innate and perspective manner) "truth", "beauty" and "aesthetics" in arts and sciences and try to resolve the thin demarcating line between the two. Towards the end almost each one of us could relate with others' views and develop a deeper understanding of the terms "beauty in sciences" and "motivations to seek the truth in science".
It was indeed a mesmerising session which would certainly act as a key step to "Baptising" ourselves into the magnificient religion of science practised in this institute, as one of our professors puts it.
Today we were indeed lucky to have an interaction-cum-discussion session on the book by the renowned astrophysicist Dr. S Chandrashekhar-'Truth And Beauty:Aesthetics and Motivations in the Pursuit of Science' graced by our distinguished professors and Prof. N. Mukunda, who gave the opening talk of the session, which was followed by the talk by Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhari, essentially resourcing the food for thought which was a vital driving force of the entire session.
This was follwed by detailed discussions on the book in groups of around 15-20 people who in turn were led by professors from our institute, where specific intricacies in the magnificient book were dealt in a holistic and heuristic fashion. It was really amazing and overwhelming to listen to various views juxtaposed together which were ultimately trying to define(or sometimes 'undefine' in an innate and perspective manner) "truth", "beauty" and "aesthetics" in arts and sciences and try to resolve the thin demarcating line between the two. Towards the end almost each one of us could relate with others' views and develop a deeper understanding of the terms "beauty in sciences" and "motivations to seek the truth in science".
It was indeed a mesmerising session which would certainly act as a key step to "Baptising" ourselves into the magnificient religion of science practised in this institute, as one of our professors puts it.
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