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"fatemolla fatemolla" Date: Thu Jun 26, 2003 7:28 am Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] alo hate choliyache aadharer jaatree -3 [Bangla pdf] |
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EXCELLENT, ALL OF THE ARTICLES. |
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"Alamgir Hussain" Date: Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:00 pm Subject: Re: alo hate choliyache aadharer jaatree [Bangla pdf] |
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Avijit,
A great composition! Your command of Bangla is great too. However I would like to add appoint or two here. One question would quickly come to the minds of the readers: how come Galileo could escape the fatal fate met by Bruno at the hands of Jesus? soldiers? Does it mean that the Church Authority had become soft on the issue after the Bruno episode? Not at all. Instead, it is Galileo?s extraordinary brilliance which came to rescue his life from the fanatics. To say the truth, Newton definitely rules supreme in modern science. As for Galileo, although his width and breadth of his contribution in science is not as great as Newton?s, it?s still hard to put Galileo behind Newton. Indeed it is Galileo?s stunning contribution in mechanics which became the launching pad for Newton. Galileo made three phenomenal contribution in Science: 1) the speed of falling object, 2) the law of inertia, 3) the most celebrated discoveries in the field of Astronomy.
Galileo first discovered all objects (heavy or light) falls to earth at the same speed if not for the friction of the air. Then he went to prove if an object is made to move by external force, it will keep moving if not for the retarding forces (friction etc.). And of course everybody is aware about his stunning contribution in astronomy. One can easily say now Galileo?s contribution is nothing to Newton?s. However, the importance of Galileo?s contribution lies in the fact that all his famous discoveries came through breaking the age-old scientific dogmas. As for falling objects, Aristotle had observed heavier objects will fall faster onto earth which the coming generations of Scientists accepted as established truth. However, Galileo wasn?t satisfied and went onto experiment it and found Aristotle?s notion was wrong. About the law of inertia it?s the same thing. Scientists over the generations had accepted that a moving object will stop automatically and Galileo, through experimentation, proved it wrong too. And third time he came to prove things wrong in the filed of Astronomy. More importantly, Galileo was first to introduce the concept of experimentation to study a natural phenomena which has been the backbone of scientific investigation for the subsequent generations and will remain to be until time infinity. Hence if considered the originality and ingenuity of thoughts, Galileo?s will without doubt stand above Newton?s. Indeed he should be considered the radical revolutionist in the field of science and nobody will stand close to him in this respect. Now it is time to consider how Galileo escaped the destiny of Bruno. Before Galileo embark into the field of Astronomy, his two brilliant discoveries in the field of mechanics had made him enormously famous. Unless, he had made those two earth-shaking discoveries before coming to Astronomy, no doubt he had to meet with the same end poor Bruno had to. Hence it?s not that the Church authority showed any mercy to him, instead he himself kept the death-knell of Church at bay, not by brawn but brilliance still not without going through those ignominious episodes.
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From: "Abul Kasem" Date: Fri Jun 27, 2003 4:48 am Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] alo hate choliyache aadharer jaatree -3 [Bangla pdf] |
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"Alamgir Hussain" Date: Fri Jun 27, 2003 3:51 pm Subject: Re: alo hate choliyache aadharer jaatree -3 [Bangla pdf] |
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[> Abul Kasem:My contention is that Avjit's essay on the early
scientists who >had the undaunting courage to stand up for the truth when
the entire world >mass was against them should be a must reading for all
school children of >Bangladesh. His essay should be made into a school
text book.] |
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syguia@a... Date: Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:00 am Subject: Re: [FutureOfBangladesh] Bangla article: alo hatey choliyache adharer jaatree ... {part 1, 2} |
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Dear Mr. Roy, So we know him as a poet, not a scientist! Ashraf Ahmed
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Thanks Avi. Your Alo Hate series is excellent. May be you can publish it as a book in Bangladesh. |
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The ability to make difficult topics into a easy and fun-to-read one is sth not everybody has. Your writing is informative and comprehensive at the same time. -jahed |
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On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 11:47 PM, Avijit Roy wrote: > Dear Vic, > > > I have few questions about the "Seminar series for atheists and > freethinkers" which is recently published in Mukto-mona > (www.mukto-mona). > > Please check the follwing dialoguue: > > >>>T: Philosopher William Lane Craig has argued that the universe had > a beginning, therefore it must have had a cause. That cause is God. > >>>A: Quantum events can happen without cause. Perhaps our universe > was a quantum event in a larger universe that always was. > > If you argue in the way stated above, one theist may response - > > Quantum mechanics does not suggest certainly that the universe was > created out of nothing. Period. > > The only connection is Casimir effect which appear to suggest that > "virtual particle" may exist in perfect vacuum. I stress on the word > "virtual". I am not going to discuss the details of it here. However, > this concept is used to suggest that the quantum fluctuation of such > virtual particle in vacuum was the cause of the big bang. This theory > had been rejected outright by scientific community. The fundamental > flaws are > > 1. First, the big bang theory postulates no preexisting space or > vacuum. Hence there would have been no place for virtual particles to > fluctuate. > > 2. Second, virtual particles, if real, form as matter and antimatter > in equal amounts. However our universe appears to consist almost > entirely of ordinary matter. Antimatter is distinctly rare So it is a > sheer abuse of quantum mechanics to use it to promote anti-God dogma. > QED > > Actually one theist responded in this way in his web site. Vic, Would > you pls clarify details? > > > > ========== Good questions. 1. While the conventional big bang theory does not postulate a pre-existing space, this does not prove such a space did not exist--which the theist has the burden of proving if she is to use this argument. A pre-existing space violates no known physics and is hypothesized in a number of theories of the origin of the universe published in reputable journals by reputable physicists. The theist has not proven any of these wrong. 2. We have a perfectly plausible explanation of the matter-antimatter imbalance in terms of spontaneous symmetry breaking in the early universe (first proposed by Andrei Sakharov). Again this need not be proved by the atheist. The theist must prove what this cannot work. > As per our previous communication, I have published one of your > article (seminar series for atheists and freethinkers) in our site. > > https://gold.mukto-mona.com > > Please check whether it (the way I published) is OK for you. I also > requested you to enlist my name { Name Avijit Roy, email: > [email protected] } to your avoid-l. email discussion group. If you > need any other information please feel free to ask me. It looks great. Thanks a lot. You have a terrific web site. I highly recommend it to list members. Keep up the good work. I have added you to the list. You are most welcome. Vic |
| From: | Mohammad Sharif Uddin | Sent: | Thu 7/10/2003 6:12 PM |
| To: | Avijit Roy | ||
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| Subject: | thanks for science-based writing | ||
Dear Abijit bhai,
I read your latest writing on space science and mystery in Vinnomot.com. I think, your writing, in this regard is more clear in understanding the space and more importantly the discoveries of science. I thank you a lot for bringing and sharing your idea and presentation in writing very distinctly through this kind of writing in Vinnomot.
I hope your such writing in the next to let us know about how science theory can be realized in a more easier manner.
Thanks a lot once again.
Rgds
Mohammad Sharif Uddin
| From: | Muhammad Ibrahim Khan | Sent: | Tue 8/5/2003 10:35 AM |
| To: | Avijit Roy | ||
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| Subject: | RE: Alo haatey choliyachee adharer jaatree [Part-5] | ||
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Dear Avijit Roy, Bhairee how long we need to wait for " Alo Hate Choliya see Adharer Jatree-6"? Please please please finish the Part-6.
Dipu,
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From: "fatemolla." <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: ALO HATE.............
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:13:45 -0500
My praise is boundless. Aligning complex scientific facts with personal belief-system, either in agreement or disagreement, in such understandable correlation and fine balance is task of a genius. It is not easy to relate and correlate these two facts apparently residing in two distant levels. Whether one agrees or not to the proposition of atheism is a different issue, but when a deity comes to control humankind in totality, it is imperative we look at it from all directions. If a planner-sustainer-annihilator Creator exists, must survive all human inquisitions.
Our
youths need to know both sides of the coin. This series fills the tremendous
vacuum of one side prevailing in Bengal
Almost
all our youths are not conversant in English. Its short summery in Bangla in
bracket should follow the English quotes to facilitate the youths not so
strong in English but good in Bangla. They exist, too many of them.
Once
published this series will defeat time and will meet our hundred progeny, I am
sure to say.
Fatemolla.
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:36:31 -0800 (PST)
From: "Jahed" <[email protected]>
To: "Avijit Roy" <[email protected]>
Avi,
Fabulous article! I've a request, if you must publish it, wait a bit but
publish it under a new publishers named Muktomona Publishers which thereafter
will be known as a new type of publications for all the freethinekers of
Bangladesh origin (sth like Utso Manush of Calcutta). Gradually we will
publish books on other areas of literature that conforms to our beliefs. This
might also serve as a potential source for some money which will be used for
humanist causes such as Protecting MInotities, protecting rural woman from
Fatwas and another cause which is sth passionate about i.e. working for a
drug-free youth for Bangladesh (you must be aware of the widespread illegal
use/business of drugs everywhere in present Bangladesh) ....
love and take care,
Jahed
Subject: "Alor pothe choliache adharer zatri"
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:44:11 -0800
From: "Ali, Ashraf" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Avijit Roy Babu,
My friend Dr. Zahid Hossain and myself (Seattle, WA) were collecting
materials to write an article in Bengali on String Theory and related
subjects. Zahid just brought your article ("Alor pothe choliache adharer
zatri" published here: https://gold.mukto-mona.com/) to my attention. It
looks like you have already done a wonderful job and it may not be
necessary for us to write another similar article. The question is: is your
article reaching most of the Bengalees? A book may be a better and more
permanent medium to disseminate the knowledge. Zahid and I have also
collected materials on Astronomy (you also covered a good bit) from
different sources such as NASA, space.com, and other media.
We are not sure what your future plan is along these lines. But our
objective was to expose as many Bengalees as possible to the developments
of String Theory and Astronomy. Should you feel it would be productive
if we talked on the telephone, please send us your phone number.
Regards, ashraf
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From: "kalam, syed" <[email protected]>
Subject: letter
To: [email protected]
Dear Avi,
In my opinion it is really a good writing.
[Please send your comment at: [email protected] or [email protected]
