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About Me

Profile: I am a student (and an aspiring Theoretical Physicist, Mathematician and Polymath) at the University of Nottingham pursuing a Masters degree in Theoretical Physics with deep interests in Physics, Mathematics and Cognitive Sciences.

My fields of interest for study and research are
• Mathematical Physics
• High Energy Physics, Particle Theory
• Cosmology
• Cognitive Sciences. I am currently working on a paper which aims to explain the socio- economic depression on Cognitive Development.

My personal interests include
• Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
• Linguistics, Cognitive Sciences and Artificial Intelligence
• Sanskrit Literature and Theology
• Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Humanitarianism

Location:
United Kingdom, Nottingham
Current organization:
University of Nottingham
Past organizations:
Indian Institute of Science
Current role:
Student- Theoretical Physics
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Theoretical Physics, High Energy Physics, Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, Philosophy, Theology, Cognitive Sciences
I am:
Atheist, Environmentalist, Scientist, Student, Technologist
Associations:
Bangalore Astronomical Society, British Science Association, Institute of Physics (IOP)
Languages:
English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Sanskrit, German
My website links:
Causality and Interpretation
Universities:
University of Nottingham

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I'm passionate about

new ideas and my way of presenting them. A fervour, if you will, in communicating, sharing and interacting with problems, people, and the entire world.

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Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Biology, Computing, Sports, Music, Art, Philosophy, History, Religion, Spirituality, Economics, UFO'logy, and the Paranormal.

People don't know that I'm good at

History, Geography, Swimming.

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    A comment on Conversation: When or if life is found on other planets, isn't it possible that the coding for life, the DNA, would be the same or similar to our own?

    Apr 27 2011: There may be the possibility that the DNA structure is the same, but then again, there is also a more convincing chance that it will be different. The DNA structure depends on a lot of things. For example, small variations in temperature or significant variations in acidity could cause the helical structure to curl into itself a bit more, or become more loosely held. This is because of the hydrogen bonding, which depends on the acidity and the temperature. The structure of the DNA is something extremely complicated and environmentally determined, and for a theoretical physics student such as myself, I for one am more interested in the role that quantum mechanics plays in the structure of the DNA.

    There are DNA samples of creatures here on Earth which vary significantly from our DNA. So there is no hard and fast rule that alien life would have similar genetic properties as we do. For all we know, those life forms could be based on Silicon instead of Carbon. I'm just stating the possibilities.

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