Debangshu Mukherjee

blogs from Kharagpur

Science, Scientists and their debt to Society.
(This post is a crystallization of my thoughts set off by Arko's brilliant post, and its equally lively comments thread. Do visit it http://thrudlukingglass.blogspot.com/2010/06/lets-talk-about-science.html ) What's the exact value of a research done anywhere just now? My answer would be nobody know...
Posted on 11 June 2010 | 9:51 am
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The Energy Question - Part 2
In the previous post, I had signed out saying that I preferred nuclear fusion to the solutions being bandied about. Nuclear fusion, even though it has the N-word, and even though it IS a radioactive waste emitter, still trumps as a better energy source. Since I am not a nuclear physicist, so please...
Posted on 11 October 2009 | 9:03 pm
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The Energy Question - Part 1
If you stay in a moderately big city and just look around yourself, will understand that we humans are addicted to energy. We need it in almost every step of our life and in fact our whole economy is underpinned by energy. Remove the source of energy and our whole economy will come crashing down lik...
Posted on 1 September 2009 | 2:38 pm
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