Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Transit of Venus - how to observe the transit and measure the distance of the sun?
This is a message from All India People's Science Network:
Dear friend,
This letter is an invitation to you to help build a world wide popular science activity .
The Transit of Venus , which will occur on June 8th 2004, will be visible to 90% of the world?s people.
But only if they are looking for it. Otherwise nobody will even notice that something rare and important is happening.
Why is a Transit of Venus important ?
1. Because it is a very rare event. This one is happening after 121 years.
2. Because it can be used to do some wonderful experiments to find out how far the sun is from us.
By making one simple assumption, that Venus is about as big as the earth, the method becomes so simple that even you and I can measure the distance of the sun. We don?t need to observe and measure the entire transit. Just one glimpse is enough.
In the attached document we give details about a number of experiments which can be done by school students. They are easy, and inexpensive.
Everyone can do it. They are non trivial and exciting. They would make a wonderful summer vacation activity .
This information has not been published earlier, except in booklet form by the All India People's Science Network. We request your help to spread the word. Please e-mail it to everyone you think would be interested, with a copy to us. Please translate, modify, improve and publish in any form you think fit. Lets make this a mass scientific activity in every country in the world.
Thank you,
Dr. Vivek Monteiro
Advisor,
Navnirmiti.
This is a message from All India People's Science Network:
Dear friend,
This letter is an invitation to you to help build a world wide popular science activity .
The Transit of Venus , which will occur on June 8th 2004, will be visible to 90% of the world?s people.
But only if they are looking for it. Otherwise nobody will even notice that something rare and important is happening.
Why is a Transit of Venus important ?
1. Because it is a very rare event. This one is happening after 121 years.
2. Because it can be used to do some wonderful experiments to find out how far the sun is from us.
By making one simple assumption, that Venus is about as big as the earth, the method becomes so simple that even you and I can measure the distance of the sun. We don?t need to observe and measure the entire transit. Just one glimpse is enough.
In the attached document we give details about a number of experiments which can be done by school students. They are easy, and inexpensive.
Everyone can do it. They are non trivial and exciting. They would make a wonderful summer vacation activity .
This information has not been published earlier, except in booklet form by the All India People's Science Network. We request your help to spread the word. Please e-mail it to everyone you think would be interested, with a copy to us. Please translate, modify, improve and publish in any form you think fit. Lets make this a mass scientific activity in every country in the world.
Thank you,
Dr. Vivek Monteiro
Advisor,
Navnirmiti.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Dr. Irfan Younas, Member KSS
Visit Dr Irfan's webpage at the Centre for Information Systems, Zayed University, Dubai.
Visit Dr Irfan's webpage at the Centre for Information Systems, Zayed University, Dubai.
Monday, March 22, 2004
Mathematics for Pakistani students at KAIST, Korea
Pakistani students are invited to study mathematics at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea. Programmes for which they can apply are M.Sc. and Ph.D. Email the chairman directly at knot at knot.kaist.ac.kr. For further information, you can also contact our Executive member Tayyab Imran, based at KAIST. See details below.
Tayyab Imran (Ph.D Student)
Coherent X-ray Research Center and Dept. of Physics
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),
373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
Tel) +82-42-869-8423
Fax) +82-42-869-2510
Mobile) +82-19-449-7860
Email: tayyabimran.at.kaist.ac.kr
Pakistani students are invited to study mathematics at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea. Programmes for which they can apply are M.Sc. and Ph.D. Email the chairman directly at knot at knot.kaist.ac.kr. For further information, you can also contact our Executive member Tayyab Imran, based at KAIST. See details below.
Tayyab Imran (Ph.D Student)
Coherent X-ray Research Center and Dept. of Physics
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),
373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
Tel) +82-42-869-8423
Fax) +82-42-869-2510
Mobile) +82-19-449-7860
Email: tayyabimran.at.kaist.ac.kr
Friday, March 19, 2004
Links to Al Kharizmi (Khwarzimi)
Khwarzimic Science Society's biography
Comprehensive biograhy by St. Andrew's School of Statistics and Mathematics, Scotland
List of books and articles on Al Kharizmi
Overview of "Kitab al Jabr wa Muqabala" (The Book of Algebra and Comparisons, i.e., Equations) by Adnan Baki, published in Islamic Journal of Sciences
Khwarzimic Science Society's biography
Comprehensive biograhy by St. Andrew's School of Statistics and Mathematics, Scotland
List of books and articles on Al Kharizmi
Overview of "Kitab al Jabr wa Muqabala" (The Book of Algebra and Comparisons, i.e., Equations) by Adnan Baki, published in Islamic Journal of Sciences
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Muhammad Kamran's webpage
Kamran is a lecturer at Electronics Department, University of Peshawar. His webpage has some interesting electronics projects.
Kamran is a lecturer at Electronics Department, University of Peshawar. His webpage has some interesting electronics projects.
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