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Or did he make it up? (Part – 5) By : Niranjan Kambi, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA What does all this mean to us, the ordinary folk? First and foremost, it gives us a glimpse into how science proceeds from known to unknown. In Noam Chomsky’s words, “Any scientific theory is based […]

Or did he make it up? (Part – 4) By : Niranjan Kambi, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA In early 20th century, Einstein took the latter path. He questioned the existence of gravitational force, and revolutionised physics by postulating a universe where such a force is rendered superfluous. In place of Newton’s theory,

Or did he make it up? (Part – 3) By : Niranjan Kambi, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Here, take a moment to absorb and appreciate the rather “occult” nature of this interaction between matter without any contact and the sheer genius of Newton. He conjured up a force, which he called gravity

Or did he make it up? (Part – 2) By : Niranjan Kambi, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Newton, one of mankind’s greatest geniuses, expanded on Galileo’s insight and said the only way to break out of inertia is to apply force, that is, a push or pull to change the speed or

Or did he make it up? (Part – 1) By : Niranjan Kambi, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA An Indian minister recently brought gravity into the limelight when social media made fun of him for his apparent ignorance about who discovered gravity. I’m going to be provocative and question the premise behind the question of whether