ABSTRACT
EARLY SIGNS OF MY INTEREST IN THE UNRAVELING OF SCIENTIFIC MYSTERIES
• As a child, I took interest in plants and animals. I took special interest in the mystery of a bicycle standing on two tyres while in motion. A bicycle, if moving fast enough tends to maintain an upright position … a phenomenon many believe today to be driven mainly by gyroscopic forces. This type of force is also crucial for an airplane functionality in the Sky. The last Century witnessed a lot of scientific breakthroughs including the Albert Einstein’s E=mc
2 (the world’s most famous equation).It has been postulated that Genes and Cancer topic represents one of the 10 scientific mysteries of the 21st century.
• While growing up (during my Elementary School days), I cultivated beans, maize, etc., behind my mother’s kitchen; I watered the plants every morning and watched them grow.
• It was always amazing to me to see a new leaf sprout of these plants. Retrospectively, I guess these were early signs of my interest in scientific discovery which today has culminated into the presentation/lecture underway.