Category: physics
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Understanding the mathematics of scaling towards a sustainable future for humanity.
There are some truly pressing problems in our times. These concern the survival of humanity. They can range from environmental to socio-economic such as climate change, world poverty, migration and gender inequality. These are problems which are prevalent in every city around the world. Today, the world is urbanizing at an alarming rate. The population…
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Tricksters in the Sky.
Following my last post on black holes, I want to write a small post focusing on what other kinds of objects could be in the sky. A more specific question is: What other objects does General Relativity (GR) predict? Also, physicists have long known that GR as it stands currently, cannot account for all the…
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Black Holes!
As a kid, I used to look up to the sky and try to count the number of stars. But I wasn’t as intrigued by what happened inside of them till I heard the story of black holes. For the first time, I was super intrigued by these seemingly super mysterious points in our universe.…
SONALI MOHAPATRA 