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Still, she will always be part of the team. I read it as a teenager and it kicked off a long-lasting fascination for physics.
For a while I also thought about becoming a mathematician, but then I was drawn by the richness of physics, a subject that stretches from the understanding of the origin of the universe to the conception of next-generation electronic devices. As many others I entered university thinking I wanted to be an astrophysicist, but after finding out more about the marvels of solid-state systems I ended up being a condensed matter physicist instead. I considered studying classics — I was particularly fascinated by the evolution of the Greek ancient language, as it gives insight on how languages developed.
However, my secret plan has always been to open my own factory of soft toys. I would make fluffy versions of all the cutest animals, from the domestic to the rare. Dinner with Aristotle would be cool. He was such a great thinker I suspect there would be no shortage of topics to discuss, starting from his deep questions about the physical world. Maybe he could bring along his pupil Alexander the Great. He must have had a magnetic personality. I could pop in for lunch with friends in Paris, and chill on a beach in Sardinia in the afternoon. Coffee and cake on the Amalfi coast.
They look so awesome with their arrangement of colourful spins. There is a lot of fascinating materials research going on to obtain smaller and more controllable skyrmions, and they have cool potential applications. In preparation for when I will have my toy shop, I made a soft Majorana fermion that keeps me company in the office. I find such a garment would be practical, provided the storage is organized enough to find stuff speedily.
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Submissions considered for this collection should describe valuable research datasets that involve some form of computational processing in their production. Authors should provide source code for all data processing steps in a way that would allow others, including referees, to easily understand and execute all processing steps. Posted by Zoe Budrikis Categories: Interactions , Meet the editor. Flying would be pretty cool. What is nice about this superpower is that you can imagine various ways in which flight would work with its strength and limitations.
Posted by Colin Sullivan. You can find out more about his works of fiction by visiting his website or following him on Twitter. Here, Steven reveals the origins of his latest tale — as ever, it pays to read the story first. The obvious answer is that if everyone thought that way, then no one would adopt new technology at all. That said, there is an unmistakable benefit to not being the first penguin into the sea.
Being the enlightened souls that they were, my parents told me I could study anything I wanted, provided it was a science. So I chose chemistry, because it was somehow in the middle between biology which I tended to like and physics which I tended to find quite boring, at least at school — but long term I had no intention of staying in science.
I was lucky to work with a chap called Steve Bramwell in my last year of university: And in order to study that, I had to get a better grasp of fundamental ideas rooted in statistical physics and, ultimately, symmetry. This struck is very deep and very beautiful and it had the effect of helping me to start thinking like a physicist.
I enjoy what I am doing right now a lot, but compared to football it is a very distant plan B. The people I admire the most these days are, for want of a better description, practitioners: Without doubt it would be the power of flight.
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Am I aiming to low? Because that still strikes me as a cool thing to be able to do. Probably the magnon, as I worked with it while I was doing research.
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And once you understand how they work, you understand how a lot of other quasiparticles work too. If you could go back in time, I would suggest Ludwig Boltzmann. Very recently, we lost one of the doyens of Indian classical music, the surbahar and sitar player Shrimati Annapurna Devi. Music, like science, is a journey of a lifetime and for the few fortunate people like me who have just begun to scratch the surface of both, they are a constant source of satisfaction and gratification.
I have been learning and playing the sitar for more than 24 years, way longer than I have been in science as my main profession. Perhaps the excitement of pursuing two fields that are seemingly infinite in scope and yet extremely rewarding for the creative mind is what still drives me to pick up my instrument for practice after a long day in the lab. Needless to say, science on most occasions for a young group leader is an extremely frustrating venture — juggling grants, research and administration. Music is thus not only a source of comfort but also a medium to vent out the nervous energy, a constant companion of the scientist.
The sitar is a seven stringed instrument with thirteen additional sympathetic strings that requires several parts of the body to work in unison: Debaprasad Chakraborty and Ashis Paul: In many ways, there is a lot of consonance between the job of a researcher and a musician — both involve multitasking at various levels.
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Thus marrying music and science has traditionally not been difficult for serious enthusiasts. For me, the initial phase of learning was marked by the general unwillingness to practice but half-hourly candy bribes from my father made sure I complied.
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It was only much later, when I really began to like the sounds I produced, that self-motivation crept in and I could spend long hours without feeling any stress. Several years down the line during my PhD, the belief that with persistence my project will take shape helped me wade through those doctoral blues. Music thus teaches life lessons that come handy in various situations.
For a musician, listening to good music is of paramount importance. Just like a toddler learns new words by continuously repeating them, listening to various improvisations and compositions on the same melodic structure or percussive element allows a classical musician to develop a refined, original and personal style. I attended nightlong music conferences and tried to emulate everything about the artists — from their stage mannerisms to the color of their kurtas!
This helped when I later became a performer myself.
After all, an artist is a package of creativity and every aspect of that package needs to be perfectly aligned to deliver a memorable performance. Similarly, in my scientific pursuits I have been fortunate to meet scholars and laureates who have shaped our understanding of the natural sciences. In most of these meetings, I felt that humility, devotion and a child-like excitement for knowledge are hallmarks of musical or scientific greats, regardless of their age or nationality. Once I spent an hour with the outstanding dance guru Pt. Birju Maharaj, listening to compositions that he learnt forty years ago.
The glee in his eyes as he recounted the tunes told me how much he loved his art form and how much pleasure he still derived. It was no different from the expressions of Edmond Fisher, the Nobel laureate, whom I had the good fortune of meeting in Lindau. My training in both music and science has given me access to the international and truly plural nature of both fields.
At the Technical University of Dresden, I have worked as a guest researcher in music, trying to model Indian ragas mathematically with musician scientists from Europe. We still tour as the musical group Dhun. The time I spent in learning from European musicians has been enriching and filled with great camaraderie.
This is in stark contrast to the somber and introspective nature of pure classical performances that I give. Musical associations are creative exercises that build long distance bonds just like scientific collaborations.
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At least on one occasion, it had also helped me finance my stay in a foreign country when transitioning between jobs. My area of research is focused on developing better gene editing strategies using CRISPR Cas9 to target monogenic disorders like sickle cell anemia in Indian patients. The field of genome editing is fast paced and of late, balancing research, fatherhood and music has been challenging.
However the support and encouragement of close family members and friends keeps me motivated to play and perform. Being in science makes me pursue music for its aesthetic beauty and not purely for financial reasons. This is a refreshing thought to wake up everyday to since music, like most professions, comes with cut throat competition that often undermines its inherent beauty and soulful character. Being in science also makes me work with exceptional colleagues who appreciate creative art and share similar passion.
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Mohammed takes a short break, to catch some 'fresh' air on our walk.
He's loving the adventure in the snow. One morning a group of us strap on skates and start to learn how to move on top of the lake. It is a painful and exciting experience for most. It reminded me how lucky I was to have learned some of these skills so early in life. Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I hope you all have a chance to find and enjoy those things that recharge you.
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