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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Dear devotees,
Salutations to all. I'm heading towards Deity/Divya 
Desam/archa worship. I have to bridge the gap between physics and 
God through the limitations!

Logic is a branch of Mathematics(Natural Philosophy)and physics can't 
take a step forward without the help of mathematics and physics has 
its limitations. Why? Let me quote Einstein(I also hold the view).

"As far as the laws of mathematics are certain,they don't refer to 
reality and as far as they refer to reality,they are not certain"

This reality is the true "physical reality" that Einstein was seeking 
after all his life as opposed to quantum reality!

All physical laws have to be recast in simple/complex,beautiful/ugly 
mathematical equations. Einstein's Relativity is rich in mathematical 
beauty. 

Who is a truly knowledgeable person? Forget about God for the moment. 
There had been great minds(theist/atheist/agnostic)who were striving 
for the harmony and welfare of the society. 

For example Bertrand Russell(british mathematician/social 
critic/philosopher)was agnostic. In mathematics there are axioms 
which can neither be proved nor disproved and God is one such axiom. 
So,Russell declares himself as agnostic in the eyes of philosophic 
audience(who have background in logic)and an atheist in the eyes of 
laymen. He is absolutely a great mind,had written on various topics
(math,quantum,society,life,happiness etc)but unfortunately he never 
visited India. If he had,he would have achieved a lot than any other 
guy. He went to china and stayed there for an yr. Russell was 
ignorant of Vedic religion. He was working towards the happiness of 
the society. 

Einstein,believer in God,is a man of first-rate knowledge. So was 
Heisenberg. This example is very crucial in this rat-race world where 
people are after money/power/politics and what not. Einstein was a 
Jew so had to flee the country during Hitler's time(just before 
second world war). So many jews fled Germany and few physicists 
remained in Germany. One was Heisenberg(totally there was a quantum 
gang of 10),pressurised by Hitler got involved in the atom bomb 
project. But these 10 guys(good hearted souls who always wished 
society's welfare)had a pact(secret)that they wouldn't make atom 
bomb. They had all the knowledge how to make one. But they also knew 
what would be the outcome if they trust bomb in Hitler's hands. They 
wanted Germany to lose the war. They would re-build German Science.

When a country is in ruins,all it needs is couple of great minds to 
restore it to normal. For this reason they stayed and also convinced 
Hitler that for Germany it would be impossible to prepare bomb within 
the war period due to lack of men,lack of resourses and etc. 
Heisenberg was the director of the project but many physicists 
accused Heisenberg for supporting Hitler. Since news can't be leaked 
that easily,Heisenberg on a pretext went to Copenhagen to see Niels 
Bohr(who was H's great friend,were so close but slowly the freindship 
got spoiled due to the war)to affirm that Germany is not preparing 
any bomb and he wanted the same assurance from all physicists in 
Europe and US. Even Bohr failed to understand him. When either of the 
partner(be it any relation)lacks patience,this is what happens. 
Heisenberg didn't offer more answers nor Bohr asked Heisenberg many 
questions to clarify the doubts. There was a communication 
gap,Heisenberg was unhappy and returned to Germany.

Note:Nuclear power can be used for production(of electricity)and as 
well as destruction(of society). 

Meantime,US started the bomb project rigourously. Though Einstein 
wrote the first letter to the then President Roosevelt,to allot funds 
generously for atom bomb project(as Germany had already started and 
must be way ahead),but isolated himself from participating in it. So 
he can't be blamed but when he heard the news of Hiroshima,he felt 
sad that his theory(E=mc**2)was the culprit. Robert Oppenheimer was 
the backbone in this project in US and immediately tested it on Japan
(as it attacked pearl harbor)and thousands died. The beauty is,there 
was no bomb project in Germany! Heisenberg toasted a wine when he 
heard that Hitler was dead. He felt happy for this but sad that his 
country was in a bad shop. It's because of Heisenberg's power of 
knowledge,he could delay the project so that Hitler doesn't get it. 
Germany could have easily won the war(there was no dearth for brains)
if it had wanted. 

Why I quoted this example is "true" knowledgeable person will always 
desire prosperity of society and will struggle towards to achieve 
it. But people in the name of knowledge and who are behind fame/money 
etc will create rift among people,carry the seeds of destruction of 
the nature and watch the game. With the advent of web technology,mis-
guided information spreads like a plague. I'm happy that this 
Ramanuja e-group's goal is to impart the "true" knowledge and spread 
the message of Sri Ramanuja. 

BTW,I forgot to say "what quanta is?". A quanta is discrete packet of 
energy. That is, all the energy is not released at once but in small 
quantities. For example,if you open the water tap,water comes in 
small quantity although it's connected to a big pipe where the water 
flow is continuous and also more(this is in layman's words).Einstein,
in his office,had frames of two men,one was Isaac Newton and the 
other one(facing Einstein)was Mahatma Gandhi.

This "truly" knowledgeable person(in this birth)need not be a theist 
to be a good soul. I'll quote a sloka from BG why it's so in the next 
post(which is general, no physics but may be anecdotes),and the 
following post on Deity worship. 

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam
nappinnai 





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