His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational Universe 368 pages | English Review by Dinesh Dhawane When Numbers Become Music “All things known have number.” For most readers, Pythagoras begins and ends with a theorem learnt in school. Kitty Ferguson’s The Music of Pythagoras reminds us that this famous equation is only a tiny […]
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How the Greatest Scientific Mistakes Changed Our Understanding of the Universe 352 pages | English Review by Anil Saxena “Science advances by learning from its mistakes.” This idea lies at the heart of Mario Livio’s fascinating book. The common belief is that blunders, mistakes, and failures are the fate of ordinary men and women alone,
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Nostalgia, Spirituality and Circe’s Final Triumph 368 pages | English Review & Analysis by Anil Saxena PART I | PART II | PART III Editorial Note This is the third and concluding part of our analytical exploration of Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s The Continent of Circe. If Part I traced the historical foundations of his thesis
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A Remarkable Story of Hope, Survival and Love 293 pages | English Review by Pushpa Rathi “To save one life is to save the world.” Some lives seem too extraordinary to be true. The Tattooist of Auschwitz is one such story. Written by Heather Morris, this biographical novel tells the remarkable story of a Slovakian
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My Reflection on The Book Thief: Centuries in Transition 200 pages | English Review by Ashok Rathi For me, it is extremely rare to come across and read three profoundly impactful books within a span of a month or so. Recently, I read Sophie’s World, The Last Jew, and The Book Thief, all outstanding in
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