I had found the truth

I had discovered science after 21 years of my graduation in science, probably in 1994.Though I was science graduate, I could not make out what science really was all about! I had completed my B.Sc. From Karkataka university during 1973.

When I was at Raichur, I had encountered a book called” Vaignanika manodharma” which taught me all about what exactly science is and all about science history.The book was written by one Mr. G. T. Narayanarao, in Kannada language which is my mother tongue. The book contained all about, How the heliocentric universe was confirmed. How the speed of light was enumerated by Romer and all. How Galileo Galilee confirmed that the earth rotates around the Sun. I was enlightened, The Newton’s universal law of gravitation fascinated me as it relates to supernova, the science of destroying atoms into enormous energy and the death of stars. The true story of nature started revealing before me. I questioned to myself, “Does the so called God really exist?” The probable answer was no, there is no God as we define it. But the notion of God was needed for peaceful co-existence of social life.

 I had one more question in my mind that “what would be the height at which the clouds form above earth surface?” With some reference, I came to know that temperature falls by two degrees, at the height of every 1000 feet above the ground level. By some calculations, I could guess that probably at the height of about 5 to 6 kilometers height , the temperature falls to zero degree Celsius. Therefore the clouds should form at that height. I found that my argument was roughly good. I attempted to calculate the diameter of Sun by some experiment assuming that the distance to Sun from earth being 150000000 kilometers. I applied Trigonometric formula and radian measure to do so. I calculated the geostationary orbit of satellites as 36000 kilometers. at about 43000 feet above the earth surface, there is no oxygen to breath. things can not burn at such hight.

Thus my journey started in that direction. I calculated the speed of earth around the Sun by applying elliptical motion to earth. This result was almost nearer to actual one. Most of the superstitions vanished of my mind.I became a thinker in new direction. Started reading to understand the nature in a better way. Every day I spend reading and taking some notes of science when ever time permits to do so after my duty hours. The journey is still in progress even after two decades.

I had retired from my duty and once I went to my sister’s village casually. One day, I happened to visit the new government high school in that village. I came to know that there was no maths teacher available to teach the students of that new high school. I attempted to teach them. Somehow I became a teacher there and taught there till a new teacher was appointed for that school after a lapse of two long years. I still visit that school regularly and if a period is found vacant without a teacher, I teach the students something about maths, science, or the English language. People started addressing me as a teacher. Little kids would salute me in respect. Some of the students occasionally visit me at my residence. They seek and learn maths basics at my private coaching location in the evening hours after school time.

  

I had understood many truths of nature and wanted to teach the interested people. But it was difficult to come across such curious people in a rural environment. Most of the education is all about scoring good grades, getting a good job, and earning money for livelihood.

 Once I visited a private high school in a neighboring town, and met the management, and expressed my desire to teach science to the students. The manager introduced me to the headmaster. But the headmaster did not care for what I was saying. There was a girls' high school, on the same premises, where I was given a last period to teach. By the time I started some introduction, the students from villages would request that they need to leave the school to catch a bus to their villages and I was forced to terminate my lesson.

I happened to read photosynthesis. The breakdown of a water molecule into hydrogen ions, electrons, and oxygen due to sunlight absorption was interesting. When an electron absorbs sufficient energy, it is ejected gaining momentum and this energy is transferred to the ADP molecule to form ATP, the electron again gets energy and moves further, where it is captured to form the NADPH molecule. This activity made me to think about the nature of electrons that electrons can be ejected and can be absorbed in some other molecules in photosynthesis. I had learned about the nature of electrons.

My interest then turned to chemistry. I studied the nature of covalent bonds and ionic bonds. How metals and nonmetals combine to form salts and all. Noble gases have a special property in that they do not take part in compound formation. They have a completely filled valence shell. They are stable and inert.

In fact, the octate-rule made them stable. The other elements try to form stable by farming octane structures. Thus they interact with one another and form stable structure.

Initially, I concluded that bond formation liberates energy and to break a bond external energy is needed. But this rule could not be applied to carbon. Carbon-to-carbon bond formation takes energy from outside. Photosynthesis is an example of taking photon energy from Sunlight to make glucose by carbon to carbon fixation process.

The exothermic and endothermic reactions and Gibb's law of free energy concept for spontaneous reactions, were all interesting concepts of chemistry.

Classification of elements and their properties fit into a table called the periodic table.

Electronic configuration of an atom and valence shell and valency was analyzed by Schrodinger wave equation. This complex wave equation when solved gave quantum numbers relating to energy levels of an atom. Multiple valency was explained by hybridization process of Linus Poling to form different types of compounds. Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are two different gases of the same two elements combined in different ratio, their valency differ.

Organic chemistry and biochemistry, rest on carbon to carbon chain formation called catenation. The hydrocarbons, the carbohydrates, proteins, the enzymes, the lipids, amino-acids and many other molecules are all carbon compounds. It seems that life evolved by the interaction of water and air. The self replication of DNA and cell division leads to growth of living things [organisms]. All information of a species is held as triple-codon information in the DNA of each cell of an organism. The metabolism is; changing molecules into one another in water medium due to enzyme interactions at normal temperature. Complex processes like digestion of food, protein synthesis, break down of glucose in mitochondria to generate ATP molecules and all such processes occur in living organisms.

The TCA cycle, the core cycle, the urea cycle, protein synthesis, lipids synthesis and so many others reactions occur in biology. The all such interactions were termed metabolism. The metabolism includes catabolism and anabolism.

Applied science:[technology]

As the science grew, its application for human profit started.

The telescope was invented which opened the knowledge of space science. The microscope was invented which opened the knowledge of micro-organisms and the life science. The ores smelting was done to extract metals like copper and then pig iron.They made soft iron and then steel out of pig iron. This they used to make the watt’s steam engine. Thus industrial world of mass production resulted which made some countries more rich with materials and technology. They dominated the other undeveloped counties. Then the greed to acquire more land made people to fight world was one and world was two. After second world war, the wars had been almost stopped because of the fear of atomic explosion used to kill humanity. The world leaders established UNO. Most of the colonies were given freedom. Elections were held to get democratic order in the world. By this time telegraph,telephone the radio, the flying objects were invented. The quantum theory of the nature was applied to study the smallest of small particle, the Atom. They understood the crystal structure of minerals.they made semiconducting materials to make logic gates and applied to build the calculating machines. Then came the information era in which we are dwelling.

Silicon crystals were manipulated [doped] to make semi conductors.The semi conductor crystal of silicon could be used to make ICs to build logic gates and they can then be used to make calculations and the solid state amplifiers and all the solid state electronics began which oped a new field of science.

The 1980 saw the advent of personal computers and internet services were the result of modern world.

Technical institutions grew world wide to make research in all walks of life.

The Indian IITs have lot of demand as it produces technocrats.

Some land marks:

The iron smelting using blast furnace in which coke was used instead of charcoal.

The watt’s steam Engine

The Leblanc process for Soda ash which convert salt[NaCl] into sodium carbonate and washing soda. This soda was needed for glass industry and paper industry and in other chemical manufacturing process. The first such facroty was installed in 1823 in Great Britain. The watt’s steam engines made were used to weave cloths automatically. The textile flourished in England to accumulate money. They grew rich and dominated the other population. Mass transport was a reality which employed rail roads and locomotives.

Ford’s motor car.

The aeroplane invention.

The helicopter invention

Satellite launching and its applications.