Category: academics

  • Happy birthday Scientists, James Joule.

    It’s the birthday of James Joule, who was born in 1818 in Salford, England. Joule was a commercial brewer in Manchester. His work inspired an interest in physics and in the nature of energy. In a series of experiments, he demonstrated the convertibility of kinetic, thermal and electromagnetic energy. The SI energy unit, the joule,…

  • Which books to follow if you are to begin learning Japanese. #mdashf #Japanese1

    Which books to follow if you are to begin learning Japanese. #mdashf #Japanese1

    When I am asked for my references for which books one should follow to begin learning Japanese, here is what I suggest. 1. For Hiragana, Katakana (the phonetic alphabet) This book comes with many exercises and really quick to teach you most important things as a beginner. Its an excellent and slim size book. にほんご…

  • MDASHF, how is it doing online.

    All in all, safely, only 2013 saw 50,000 people who followed and endorsed my online presence or who accessed my website contents. (since you can like a page once only using your f-b id and since website visits checks unique IP address, this is a unique individual stats, that is , most precise count of…

  • Why Harvard does not promote education.

    Its when we teach that we ourselves realize how effective our research quality is. As is said by the giants usually Einstein and Feynman “If you can’t explain it in simple terms perhaps you don’t understand”. So basically how can we be sure that the research Harvard is doing is applicable to validity or even…

  • A note about vowels in different languages.

    ( — The rendering is called as transliteration rules, eg if 1) a is said as a as in Apple or 2) a as in saw 3) a as in Asia or 4) a as in Daddy. They are 4 different transLIT rules hence 4 types of phonetic rendering of the same alphabetic-element a, a…