Believing Science

Recently a close friend of mine wrote

I'm one frustrated soul in a population of 1.2 billion. I do not believe in god nor in science. Did you see god?electron? We live in a world full of assumptions theories and lies. Many have abitons, goals and what not? Some succeed some not. I strongly believe in "reaching  your goals is not the reward, the .........Read more at http://vignanprakash.blogspot.com/


I have to admit that your question would have been quite acceptable if you were 14 or 15 years old.Science is bluntly put "The study of the surroundings" . An electron cannot be seen is true but can you see the radiations that your mobile, radio , dish TV emit / receive ?? Many invisible things exist in this universe . Firstly you have to understand how our eyes work. The human eyes can only detect radiations within a certain range of frequencies which means that you cant see what other creatures see. For example : A bee can see things in the ultraviolet spectrum which a human cant. A cat can see much much better than you and me can.

In the following chart which is called the electromagnetic spectrum lie all the frequencies. The colorful  part is the called the visible spectrum i.e what your eye can detect. We are blind to the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Being 'Mad'

Im totally HOMO SAPIEN . . no doubt in that . At times people ask me if iam mad and each and every time my answer is  YES !. Of course iam mad and im happy to be MAD. What is wrong with being mad in this world which is sooooo diverse and full of wonders/madness . Isnt every wonder the result of some kind of madness ??

Taj Mahal : The result of a males madness/extremes of love. He had the power and resource + lot of  madness which made him create the wonder that is Taj Mahal

Pyramids : The result of extraordinary intelligence and extreme madness which inspired them to build gigantic structures to house themselves when they die.

Great Wall Of China : The result of extreme hard work and intelligence + madness  to protect themselves from the madness of their enemies(mongols) for land and water or whatever they fought for.

Colosseum Of Rome:  Was built to feed the primal need for blood and gore and the death cries of other men. Isnt it madness ?

Macchu Picchu : A fabulous civilization brought down to ruins because of the madness of the spanish invaders for land and water.

The simple question is what one can do with the inherent madness. As the law of entropy states "Entropy of the universe is always increasing" Entropy can very well be called madness. The world is a turbulence of madness. Sadhus are the people with the least madness(Thats what a sadhu thinks). A sadhu might consider even a simple man with simple desires as mad. Once again i conclude that iam mad and that madness is the key to success.
BE MAD !!!

Originally published in zakkam.blogspot.com by Pruthvi Krishna

Sweat

First thing i would like to clarify is that this article is about sweat (perspiration) and not about sweets (sweet things).

How many of you have felt that Vizag is a sweaty place and makes your clothes stick to your body ?? 

Kya Hyderabadis how did it feel like to suddenly face humidity as high as 99% ??? All people from non - coastal areas complain about the high humidity in coastal areas. Im writing this article to clarify the myths about sweating in Vizag and the lack of sweat in hyderabad / non-coastal areas.  

Man sweating while exercising 

The normal body temperature is 37.5C ( C stands for degrees centigrade ) and it does not increase or decrease. You might ask me how??? A hot cup of coffee / tea will slowly cool down , A chilled bottle of soft drink will heat up to the room temperature .........

  

Hair standing erect to trap heat (goosebumps)

How the body maintains its temperature at 37.5C ??

During Winters : 

When the outside temperature is less than 37.5C say 35C the body starts losing heat to the surroundings as per the fact that heat flows from a body at higher temperature to lower temperature.To compensate for the heat lost to the surroundings the body burns more calories similar to burning wood or any other fuel to generate heat.At the same time the hair  on the body stands erect and traps a layer of warm air against the skin. When the outside temperature is very low say 15C the body starts to shiver. Shivering is a vigorous exercise which generates a lot of heat just like any other exercise does and the heat thus produced helps in maintaining a constant body temperature. At the same time blood flow to skin is reduced since most of the heat is lost through the skin.This is how the body reacts to low temperatures.

                                     

During Summers :

The surroundings are very hot during summers say 40+ C. The body starts to get hotter and the body  temperature rises by a fraction of a degree. The brain immediately initiates sweating since sweat is mostly water and when water evaporates it takes away a lot of heat and gives a cooling effect..

Now comes the tricky part. In a dry place like Hyderabad or Warrangal the sweat produced by the body instantaneously evaporates and gives a cooling effect. But in a very humid place like Vizag the sweat cant evaporate since the air is already loaded with moisture and cant take anymore moisture. This is similar to adding sugar to water. Beyond a certain limit the sugar wont dissolve in water i.e the water is saturated with sugar. In a similar way the air is saturated with moisture. This causes the sweat to accumulate and drip.

Theres the answer. You sweat everywhere but it gets accumulated in humid places and evaporates in dry place. The answer to the humidity is the Bay Of Bengal . A lot of water evaporates due to the sun.