Social Networking: Important tips to establish social networking for business & pleasure
By Tanvir Khan
2/5
()
About this ebook
Read more from Tanvir Khan
Akbar-Birbal Vol. 1: Witty and Humorus Stories for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpoken English: Want to speak grammatically correct English? Get it here Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Panchatantra Tales: Moral Tales for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPanchatantra Story: Moral Stories for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAkbar-Birbal: Moral Legendary Stories For Students and Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAkbar-Birbal Story: Short Simple Stories for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAkbar-Birbal Tales: Legendary & Witty Stories for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAkbar-Birbal Vol. 2: Popular Stories Filled Fun & Frolic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImprove Your Vocabulary: Enriching word power the fun way Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings101 Inspiring lives: That can reshape your future… Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGreat Personalities Of The World: Legends who inspire us forever Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5GOPU BOOKS COLLECTION 23: 3 Short Stories for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSuccess 2020: Success mantra to achieve your goal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGOPU BOOKS COLLECTION 24: 3 Short Stories for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGOPU BOOKS COLLECTION 22: 3 Short Stories for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGreat Personalaties of India: Legends Who Inspire Us Forever Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Social Networking: Important tips to establish social networking for business & pleasure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGOPU BOOKS COLLECTION 21: 3 Short Stories for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAkbar-Birbal Vol. 3: Written in Age Specific Manner For Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Social Networking
Related ebooks
Spice in Science: The best of Science funnies Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Science Firsts: From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Einstein: Rejection, Persistence, Success Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shakespeare the Truth Other Greats: The Common Denominator: Innate Intellect - Second Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why Is Uranus Upside Down?: And Other Questions About the Universe Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rocky Road to Galileo: What is Our Place in the Solar System Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Inventions and Other Writing and Lectures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Think Like Einstein Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Thomas Edison Reinvents Himself Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings11 Explorations into Life on Earth: Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEpigenetics in the Age of Twitter: Pop Culture and Modern Science Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForensics, Fossils and Fruitbats: A Field Guide to Australian Scientists Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModern Flights: Where next? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best Australian Science Writing 2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hunt with Newton: What are the Secrets of the Universe? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Re-Origin of Species: a second chance for extinct animals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best Australian Science Writing 2016 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Tenebrum: Ninguna Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat Science Knows: And How It Knows It Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEinsteiner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Missing Piece of the Puzzle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEvent Horizon: A Scientific and Fictional Account of Rapture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Once Upon a Space – Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Air That Kills Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Convergence Of The Absurd Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Reviews for Social Networking
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
Social Networking - Tanvir Khan
Preface
It is impossible for us who are now accustomed to present-day science, technology and medicine to gauge the mixture of wonder and disbelief that those breakthrough scientists must have felt at the moment of their success and glory. But when we delight in a modern gadget or overcome pain with a medical miracle, we seldom remember the scientists who sweated it out to realise their dreams that now light up our lives.
‘Their pleasure was in their sweat’ and ‘in perspiration they drew their inspiration’. These geniuses lived in a fascinating world of their own, unmindful of their personal lives and careless in worldly matters. Beyond the shadows of serious science and cloistered labs, these dishevelled scientists once in a while lit up their lives with a lighter side.
From this lighter side, we have here the forgetfulness of Norbert Weiner, the earthy humour of Newton, the brilliant banter of Paul Erdös, the jolly jokes of Albert Einstein, the practical fun of Thomas Edison, the true lies of Guglielmo Marconi, the innocent humour of Werner Heisenberg, the humble brilliance of Srinivas Ramanujan and an inveterate teetollar in CV Raman. Their forgetfulness tickles us to laughter and their self-effacing wisdom provokes a postscript.
It is difficult to distinguish between true stories, trivia and anecdotes. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines an anecdote as: a short entertaining story about a real incident or person; an account regarded ultimate origins in the Greek anekdota (‘things unpublished’). Likewise, while most incidents in the book are of recent origin, those who could authenticate them are no longer present. But these real-life incidents are variously circulated and were compiled from books, magazines, websites and other media.
Yet, only a thin line exists between fact and fiction. So if a more enlightened reader knows that any of the anecdotes is not true, and brings this to our notice, it will be withdrawn from future reprints.
So here is the true spice in science…
—K. Krishna Murty
Science Funnies
Home Alone
One day at the Princeton University, a phone call was received enquiring about the address of Dr Einstein. Since the University authorities felt that the professor should be shielded from curious callers, the request was politely rejected.
The caller made repeated calls and finally refused to keep the phone down and spoke in an urgent whisper: Please do not tell anybody. I am on my way home and have forgotten my way. I am Dr Einstein!
Morse Code and Marriage
Miss Mary Stilwell joined Edison Labs. Soon she proved a capable and invaluable asset to the Labs.
Once in the middle of a serious experiment, Edison said softly, Mary!
Miss Mary said, Well, what is it Alva?
Edison took a coin from his coat pocket and tapped a message in Morse code, HAVE BEEN THINKING MUCH ABOUT LATELY STOP WILL YOU MARRY ME QUERY.
Mary blushed and smiled. She replied, tapping, THAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY STOP.
And it did. He married her.
Albert Einstein once said, Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
Should we say that also for the Morse code?
Crystals and Cash
Nobel Prize winner Dr C.V. Raman was fond of crystals. He had a rare collection of crystals and regularly added to them whenever he went abroad.
From one of his trips abroad, he bought a huge collection of these rare crystals. Facing a problem of excess baggage at the airport, he had to pay rather heavily for the surcharge. As he did not have enough money on him to pay this, he surrendered his entire baggage so that he could take the crystals back home.
His invaluable collection included hundreds of rare specimens, such as sand that melted due to lightning, a rock indicating the lava flow from a volcano, and rubies, sapphires and diamonds. He would create a small twinkling world for guests by switching on the ultra-violet light on fluorescent minerals in a dark room.
Once in Paris while shopping around, he spied two beautiful butterflies with blue wings in a shop window. He bought them and later collected thousands of such specimens.
Too Young for His Own Lecture
Max Planck was made a full professor at the University of Berlin at an unusually early age. One day, having forgotten which room he had been assigned for a lecture, he stopped at the nearest university office to find out.
Please tell me,
he asked the elderly man in charge, in which room does Professor Planck lecture today?
The old man patted him on the shoulder. Don’t go there, young fellow,
he advised. You are much too young to understand the lectures of our learned Professor Planck!
Max Planck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1918 for his Quantum Theory.
He once said, Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature because in the last analysis we are part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
Maths Salad
Nikola Tesla was known for his pioneering work in electricity, particularly in the field of alternating current. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Tesla constantly looked for problems on the dining table too. Even in a restaurant, he would first calculate the quantity of soup in a bowl and then consume it!
On a bright sunny day, while he was dining out, the waiter served him a bowl of fruit salad. As soon as Tesla saw it, his eyes twinkled in absolute delight. Each piece of fruit was of different shape, size and colour. The liquid quantity varied as he removed the fruits and put them back in the salad.
He took his pen and pad and began calculating. Soon he was lost in his own world. He went on drooling over with his pencil and pad. After quite some time, the worried waiter came and enquired if there was something wrong with the fruit salad, as he had not even tasted it.
Tesla answered, It could not be any better! The fruits are absolutely delightful!
Mathematically, yes.
Little Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the turbo jet, applied for admission to the RAF (Royal Air Force) at the early age of 15. He passed the written test but failed in the medical, as he was short – just 5 feet.
Whittle could not digest the failure. So he pestered the authorities to reconsider. They refused. But because of the interest the boy showed for the job, the physical training instructor gave him a list of exercises for body growth and a diet list.
Whittle followed them well and added three inches to his height.
But the catch now was that in the RAF, second chances were not allowed.
So he came up with a simple solution. He made a firesh application without mentioning his past failure. He appeared for both written and physical examinations as if it was for the first time. He passed.
Frank Whittle was only 21 when he first communicated his ideas to the Air Ministry. He patented the idea of turbo-jet propulsion in 1930, but had to drop it, as he did not have sufficient funds for its renewal.
Atom Meet
Those were the times of the World War. Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937) was already famous for his research on atomic energy. Once he was called to attend a meeting of the British Committee of Experts formulated to advise on new systems of defence. Rutherford could not attend the meeting.
Later he was censured for this.
He told the authorities firmly and softly, Talk softly please! I have been engaged in experiments that suggest that the atom can be artificially disintegrated. If that is true, it is of far more importance than the war.
Theatre Artist
Robert Lister is one of the greatest surgeons of 19thcentury England. William Ferguson, his contemporary, was considered greater than Lister. But in character they were just opposite.
Once Ferguson performed an operation in record time in full view of a select audience in the operating theatre of Kings College Hospital, London. The audience applauded his tremendous feat. Ferguson responded with the tact and knack of a theatre artist by bowing before them repeatedly.
A few days later, Lister performed a similar operation with equal dexterity and perhaps with some more speed. The audience applauded in a greater ovation.
Instead of bowing to them repeatedly, Lister calmed them. He said, "Gentlemen, gentlemen! This is an operating theatre, not the theatre!"
Bohr’s Airborne Lapse
During the Second World War, many European scientists fed their countries or shifted base to America. Niels Bohr (1885– 1962) was one of them. He was to be transported in a special plane from Denmark – a British bomber. He was treated like a most precious commodity and a delicate consignment.
On the plane, his seat was arranged on a trap door, so that, in case of a German bomb attack, the pilot could release a lever and drop him down to the ocean.
The plane landed safely in London but Bohr had almost died. Soon after take-off, he became so engrossed with a problem in physics that he did not hear the pilot’s instructions to wear an oxygen mask to save him from the effects of high altitude flight. Bohr fainted from lack of sufficient oxygen.
He once quipped, An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made, in a very narrow field.
Fortunately, Bohr survived his costly mistake.
Either or Ether
The Massachusetts Historical Society once decided to commission a monument to commemorate the discovery of anaesthesia. No agreement could be reached about whose bust should adorn the monument; William Morton and Charles Jackson