Every now and then, human knowledge gets a boost from a genius’s mind. Their work results in new foundations that science can stand on and look in directions previously unknown. Just like Galileo’s telescope and Newton’s laws of motion, Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum mechanics became two pillars of…

Sir Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day 1642 in England. The same year that Galileo passed away in Italy. Make what you will of that, but no one can deny the significant boost that Newton’s genius gave to Science. In some ways he picked up right where Galileo left…

A recurring theme in this series is the role of society in nurturing advancements to science. A prime example is perhaps from Galileo’s time in two cities of Italy, Venice and Florence. Venice was far from conservative Roman control, specifically from the Holy Roman Church. It had a merchant base…

Technological breakthroughs during the world war were not just necessary to win, they also made the idea of flight a reality for us earthlings and further advanced air travel for commercial purposes. Availability of military aircrafts, returning veteran pilots, surging incomes and better connectivity, led to a more efficient movement…

Update March 24th, 2022: Editing from Native apps is not allowed anymore. Personally I don’t like this decision. I am hoping it is a technical decision that can be fixed soon and not a corporate decision, that will against Medium’s mission.

Growing up in a house which was in the flight path of Air Force jets was equally exciting and maddening. These hunks of metal would pass so closely to our house while landing, that we could easily see the type of aircraft it was, its landing gear and almost its…

One of the motivations for writing this series was to address public perception around the space program, which could be characterized as a mixture of apathy and skepticism. We could blame this on a PR problem or on the insulated nature of the scientific community. But there is more to…