THE INTRODUCTION

I admired science long before I actually knew what science is. For me, it was like a story, and stories were something I enjoyed narrating and listening to. I remember studying lessons like Our Environment, Seasons, Plants and Animals, Our Body and many more in the second grade. The stories of the ‘Early man’ who discovered fire by rubbing two stones against each other followed by the invention of the ‘wheel’ fascinated me the most. After listening to my teacher talk about ‘what are things made of?’ I would pick up every object in the house and ask my mom whether it was plastic, steel or glass.

 

Later in the seventh grade, when I was introduced to more profound concepts of science like the structure of atom and the periodic table, I started imagining the movement of atoms in the matter around me with electrons revolving around their nuclei. I actually wanted to see an electron jump out of its orbit and meet another one and form a bond with it.

During the same time I had an opportunity to visit IUCAA Pune through my school. That's when I saw Sir Jayanat Naralikar for the first time. These were the Saturday science talks started by IUCAA for school kids and since it was the first Saturday, Sir Naralikar himself was present to give the talk. He was talking about asteroids that hit the Earth. I did not understand much, but I felt elated in his presence. He is simple and composed yet the vibrant force that drives IUCAA. After the session, we all crowded in the lobby of Chandrashekhar auditorium to say good bye to him. After which we visited the science park.

Years passed by and I came to college. 11^th and 12^th grade was the time when I was introduced to actual practical course work. Studies and laboratory experiments were all fun filled at the beginning but later I started taking them as a burden. I forgot the curiosity element within me and started studying just for the sake of finishing it.

This attitude came to an end in my graduation and post graduation, where the joy for learning, understanding and the thirst for knowledge was rekindled. Activities such as Intercollegiate debates, discussions, group studies, presentations, science workshops enhanced the experience of studying. Being a chemistry student, observing, analyzing and synthesizing became habitual practices. Reagents, compounds and glass wares became companions. 

Science is not fully the definition we learn or the stream students choose after their 10^th. Neither is it a discipline that is solely meant for the study of scientists and researchers. It is the force within each one of us that drives us- to know, to understand, to solve, to apply and to wonder about this creation. It is the process and outcome of a rational, logical and a reasoning mind.

Everything on this planet has its own scientific mechanism with which it works which in turn is tuned with the mechanism of the cosmos.

This is what my blog is about- stories of science. It’s about the world of science, reading which you will feel like a gentle breeze go past amidst a sometimes crowded and hectic day. 

I present to you my blog: SCIENCE THE ONE IN ALL.

©Neha kanase

Image sources:

1. google images, cavemenworld.com

2. google images, Byju's.com

3. google images, iucaa scipop

4. google images, Linkedin.com