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Nobel laureate’s lecture series
The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), in association with Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS) India, a corporate arm of Honeywell International Inc., has arranged a Nobel laureate lecture series at its Jnana Sangama campus in Belgaum on December 6 and 7. Sheldon Lee Glashow, who won the Nobel Prize in 1979 for his research in Physics, will deliver a lecture on “Blind Chance or Intelligent Design: The Need for Basic Research” and a colloquium on R
20;The Story of Neutrinos: From a Desperate Remedy to a Profound Enigma”, according to a VTU release.
Dr. Glashow, who is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
He is honorary professor at Nanjing University and Einstein Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Helping students
His research accomplishments in theoretical physics include his prediction of the charmed quark (for which he was awarded the Oppenheimer Medal) and his seminal contributions to the unified theory of weak and electromagnetic interactions (for which he shared the 1979 Nobel prize).
For the past quarter century, while continuing his researches in particle physics and cosmology, he has focussed on stimulating interest in science among high school students and providing scientific literacy to students of the humanities.
Some scientific advances, such as the discovery of X-ray and penicillin, arose unplanned and unexpected. Others, such as streptomycin and nuclear reactors, resulted from premeditated research.
An anecdotal discussion of several discoveries will reveal the importance of both procedures.
VIJAYKUMAR PATIL
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