On the eve of his 450th birthday, explore how science influenced Shakespeare
Poet. Playwright. Scientist? William Shakespeare is known for being many things - but never a scientist.
This week, you can discover how the Bard's imagination was fired by an insatiable curiosity for the natural world, from cosmology to medicine to psychology. Shakespeare's small grammatical twists unleash a tempest in the brain - New Scientist magazine - 19 April 2014 http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2965?
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What Shakespeare Knew about Science [Excerpt]
William Shakespeare may well have been more aware of his era’s science—including the Copernican view that the planets revolve around the sun—than has generally been thought
Often, we worry about spelling and grammar in our papers and articles However, what you investigate and how you investigate ideas/ theories/matter is much more important! Is the problem important? Is the method elegant and powerful? Or would other methods work better? +mistakes made in the beginning are hard to undo later...
Are scientists better writers? I am talking of trained scientists, engineers and medics. They write good works of art better than` most of those writers trained in art, cultural studies and literature. This cultural experience is not only confined to contemporary arts but from time immemorial, nor from one culture but across diverse cultures.
Africa has very many cases of scientists who have prospered in the art sector. Both male and female. The likes of Yusuf Dawood, a surgeon, passionately writing with a knack of a Russian. Dawood is actually Anton Chekhov of Kenya. The literary prizes he has received out-number the science prizes on his name. I personally treasure him as a saint of African literature in regard to his novel Water under the Bridge. This literary virtue equally extends to another Kenyan; the late Grace Ogot (RIP), a clinical nurse turned a literary guru. By the time of her death, towards the end of last month, I was coincidentally reading her short story, ‘The Bamboo Hut’ in the anthology African Short Story. This story by Ogot is lively, feminist, Africanist, gender focused and contemporary in values and tastes. Lenrie Peters, Cyprian Ekwensi and Elechi Amadi cannot be forgotten. These scientists all come from West Africa. Peters is a surgeon, Ekwensi is a pharmacist, and Amadi is a chemical engineer. But the world does not know them for science. They are all known as pillars of African literature. Ekwensi is Known for his three novels: Burning Grass, People of the City, and Loko Town. His short story, ‘The Grazing Field Law’ is also classical in its own way. Amadi is at peak of African literature. Especially, the novel and drama. ‘The Concubine’ and ‘The Great Ponds’ are Amadi’s two novels that made him to look larger than life. His drama Isiburu stands tall like in the mountains of African theatre. The great virtue of these African scientists that became writers is that they don’t bore you with didacticism. Their works are reader-focused. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000159685/do-scientists-ma...
By Alexander Opicho
Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa
Shakespeare's surprising legacy
On the eve of his 450th birthday, explore how science influenced Shakespeare
Poet. Playwright. Scientist? William Shakespeare is known for being many things - but never a scientist.
This week, you can discover how the Bard's imagination was fired by an insatiable curiosity for the natural world, from cosmology to medicine to psychology.
Shakespeare's small grammatical twists unleash a tempest in the brain
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New Scientist magazine - 19 April 2014
http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2965?
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What Shakespeare Knew about Science [Excerpt]
Apr 17, 2014
Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa
Often, we worry about spelling and grammar in our papers and articles
However, what you investigate and how you investigate ideas/ theories/matter is much more important!
Is the problem important? Is the method elegant and powerful?
Or would other methods work better? +mistakes made in the
beginning are hard to undo later...
http://www.liacs.nl/~bvstrien/stuva_files/slides1411-sciencetalent.pdf
3 . Principles of ideas
Get many ideas (Pauling)
Do proper quality check/design optimization (Joule)
Use techniques like visualisation (Einstein)
Nov 27, 2014
Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa
Do scientists make better writers?
Are scientists better writers? I am talking of trained scientists, engineers and medics. They write good works of art better than` most of those writers trained in art, cultural studies and literature. This cultural experience is not only confined to contemporary arts but from time immemorial, nor from one culture but across diverse cultures.
Africa has very many cases of scientists who have prospered in the art sector. Both male and female. The likes of Yusuf Dawood, a surgeon, passionately writing with a knack of a Russian. Dawood is actually Anton Chekhov of Kenya. The literary prizes he has received out-number the science prizes on his name. I personally treasure him as a saint of African literature in regard to his novel Water under the Bridge. This literary virtue equally extends to another Kenyan; the late Grace Ogot (RIP), a clinical nurse turned a literary guru. By the time of her death, towards the end of last month, I was coincidentally reading her short story, ‘The Bamboo Hut’ in the anthology African Short Story. This story by Ogot is lively, feminist, Africanist, gender focused and contemporary in values and tastes. Lenrie Peters, Cyprian Ekwensi and Elechi Amadi cannot be forgotten. These scientists all come from West Africa. Peters is a surgeon, Ekwensi is a pharmacist, and Amadi is a chemical engineer. But the world does not know them for science. They are all known as pillars of African literature. Ekwensi is Known for his three novels: Burning Grass, People of the City, and Loko Town. His short story, ‘The Grazing Field Law’ is also classical in its own way. Amadi is at peak of African literature. Especially, the novel and drama. ‘The Concubine’ and ‘The Great Ponds’ are Amadi’s two novels that made him to look larger than life. His drama Isiburu stands tall like in the mountains of African theatre. The great virtue of these African scientists that became writers is that they don’t bore you with didacticism. Their works are reader-focused.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000159685/do-scientists-ma...
By Alexander Opicho
Apr 26, 2015