Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > P. S. Even Newton, Faraday and Einstein were wrong at times!
for an example google for einstein's airfoil design, which he worked on around the time of world war 1. decades later, einstein wrote about how embarassed he was about this work. While on the topic of Einstein's mistake am intrigued by the following statement by Prof C.K Raju : "On my "epistemic test", Einstein's conceptual mistake is proof that he copied from Poincare". More can be found at ckraju.net. Am not a mathematician and do not understand how solid an argument CKRaju has! Can Prof KHP enlighten us! Assuming he has the time and inclination :-) WHatever the case, his book 'Cultural Foundations of Mathematics (Pearson Longman, 2007)' makes very good reading. Gives a completely new view of the history of maths. regds, mano _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
