Khwarzimic Science Society News

KSS receives sponsorship for domain renewal
Following our earlier requests broadcast on email and the Web, Mian Mudasser Farooq donated 100 US dollars for a five-year renewal of the KSS official domain khwarzimic.org. Mudasser is an ERP analyst at the Al-Tuwairqi Group of Companies, Saudi Arabia. Many thanks to Mudasser.

Volunteers needed for the khwarzimic.org website redesign

Currently, we are seeking volunteers for the following:

1. Redesigning the graphical interface of the website www.khwarzimic.org
2. Technical restructuring of all online content, including database driven content management for our home page, activities, members, Takveen (online magazine), reports etc

If you are enthusiastic in helping the Khwarzimic Science Society web management, please talk to us. Again, your help is what we rely upon.

Renewal of the khwarzimic.org domain

The website khwarzimic.org, the offcial web presence of the Khwarzimic Science Society is hosted by Brain Net free of cost. We maintain an effective and rapidly changing web presence for the past eight years. However for renewing our domain information, we are seeking financial sponsorship. The cost for a five years renewal is 100 US dollars (nearly 6500 rupees). If you would like to help the KSS by contribution, please contact us immediately. We appreciate your support.

For renewal information, you may like to have a look at this quotation.

Report of the Lecture: "Strings and All That!"

The lecture organized by the UET chapter of the KSS, "Strings and All That!" (29 August, 2005) proved to be a splendid success, thanks to the efforts of Ali Abbas, Dr. Noor Sheikh and their management team. The lecturer Dr. Faheem Hussain did a commendable job. Here is a brief review written by Muhammad Awais Aftab, the first overall position holder in the F.Sc. examination taken with the Lahore Board:

I had the honour of attending this lecture today and it was a very
wonderful and enlightening experience. Dr. Faheem Hussain did a
fabulous job in explaining the theory properly and used a language
that was understandable by the majority of the audience.

First of all he explained the background of the theory: molecules,
atoms, nucleus, protons, and arriving at quarks, which in the words
of speaker are 'very funny objects' with 'funny names'. He explained
the three generations and three colours of quarks. He briefly dallied
with the marriage of quantum mechanics and relativity, paving the way
for the String Theory. He unfolded the theory, explaining
that "point" particles are not 'points' but rather 'strings' if
observed at the level of 10^-34 cm. The strings are either open
strings or closed strings, whose 'vibrational modes' determined which
particle they formed. There were also 'super strings', coined to
explain certain spin problems. Then he explained certain problems
raised by the theory such as the prediction of 10 dimensions. After
that he briefly touched the M-theory. He also referred to the
explanation of entropy of black hole by the String Theory.

Matter is becoming more and more "spooky" as the time passes, and it
is no longer the inert matter of the materialists of 19th century. The search for the 'fundamental' is still on...

Khwarzimic Society is doing a wonderful job by increasing scientific
awareness among public. Congratulations to the KSS team for
conducting such lectures.

Muhammad Awais Aftab

Report of the Khwarzimic Annual Dinner 2005

The first KSS Annual dinner took place in Physics Department, Government College University Lahore on August 1, 2005. Preceding the dinner, the activities, theme, charter, scope and future vision of the KSS was summed up by the Joint Secretary, Muhammad Sabieh Anwar. The review was followed by a lively question and answer session mediated by the Vice President, Dr. Hassan Shah. A lively discsussion ensued. The participants included Dr. Ghazanfar Munir, Dr. Ghulam Murtaza, Dr. Azam Sheikh, Dr. Ijaz Ghauri, Dr. Noor Sheikh, Sami-uz-Zafar and Rehan Anwar. The session was presided by Dr. Abdullah Sadiq, Rector Ghulam Ishaque Khan University of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, NWFP. The President of the KSS, Dr. Saadat Anwar Siddiqi gave a vote of thanks and summed up the evening. Nazir Musical Society, GCU Lahore members then enthused the participants with their classical singing. Finally, there was the dinner. The KSS expanded its Membership on the occasion on sought new ways for improving its activities and outlook in the future. The dinner was attended by about 70 students, scientists and professionals.

Testing, September 2005 and archiving.