Sri V G · *SEVEN** father-child pairs **have been awarded a Nobel Prize!!!! **Of these, **four pairs* *won the **Nobel Prize in physics.*
*1. **JJ Thomson and George Thomson* *2. **Niels Bohr and Aage Bohr* *3. **William Bragg and Lawrence Bragg* *4. **Manne Siegbahn and Kai Siegbahn* *5. **Hans von Euler-Chelpin and Ulf von Euler* *6. **Arthur Kornberg and Roger D. Kornberg* *7. **Marie Skłodowska and Pierre Curie* *KR Correction: 7th is Husband and wife and not father and son; and again no 1 are father and son and scored the nobel but presentations were dofferent totally KR IRS 31125* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 'venkat giri' via iyer123 <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 09:21 Subject: Re: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 01-2025-30 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> *Respected Sir/s,* *SUBJECT**:* *CULTURAL QA 01-2025-30* *Q1: Can you tell an example for-“Don't Be Foolish”:* *A1: “**Foolishness**” is a lack of **good sense or judgment.* · *"Don't be foolish; **one can't expect to pass the test without studying.**"* · *"Don't be foolish, believing everything one reads online without checking the facts." This has been the order these days of going DIGITAL with lot of social medias in broad appeal across ages. Satisfying large appetite for information.* · *"Don't be foolish, jumping to conclusions without all the information."..e.g. Writing Cheque in BLACK INK!!!!* · *"Don't be foolish**; thinking one can get away **with not doing ones chores. “Remembering my younger days. Raising early in the morning and studying * *"Don't be foolish":* *…**is a casual way to tell someone to think carefully and avoid making silly mistakes.* *It often implies that the person is about to do something **risky or illogical.* *The tone can be slightly scolding, depending on the situation and relationship between the speaker and listener.* *Q2: Can you expand-“A father and a son, two generations of scientists who have succeeded each other, both winners of the Nobel Prize”.* *A2:* *William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg were the **only father-son pair* *to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1915. They were recognized for their work in analyzing **crystal structure* *using X-rays* *.* · *SEVEN** father-child pairs **have been awarded a Nobel Prize!!!! **Of these, **four pairs* *won the **Nobel Prize in physics.* *1. **JJ Thomson and George Thomson* *2. **Niels Bohr and Aage Bohr* *3. **William Bragg and Lawrence Bragg* *4. **Manne Siegbahn and Kai Siegbahn* *5. **Hans von Euler-Chelpin and Ulf von Euler* *6. **Arthur Kornberg and Roger D. Kornberg* *7. **Marie Skłodowska and Pierre Curie* *Q3: Can you tell an example about the **“Essence of **Teaching**”* *A3:* *The **"ESSENCE OF TEACHING”** is not simply about delivering information, but rather about **creating a space where students actively engage with the material, develop critical thinking skills, and are inspired to learn independently, with the teacher acting as a guide and facilitator who fosters a deep understanding and meaningful connections to the subject matter, going **beyond rote memorization* *to cultivate curiosity and lifelong learning habits; essentially, it's about empowering students to become autonomous learners.* *Thomas Babington Macaulay** (1800–1859), who served on the Governor-General's Council and was instrumental in making English the medium of instruction for higher **education in India.* *Savitribai Phule (1831-1897)* *was India's first female teacher. She was also a social reformer, poet, and activist.* *In India, the essence of teaching is deeply rooted in the concept of "Guru-Shishya Parampara," where a teacher (Guru) is revered as a guiding light, not just imparting knowledge but also shaping a student's character and values.* *1. **Dronacharya and Arjuna from the Mahabharata* *2. **Chanakya and Chandragupta Maurya* *Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:* *Celebrated as a philosopher and educator, his birthday is celebrated as "**Teachers' Day**" in India, **further highlighting the importance of the teaching profession.* *Q4: What is the most useless fact you know?* *A4:* · *A widely considered **"useless fact" **is* *that a standard piece of paper cannot be folded in half more than seven times due to its physical limitations, even though it might seem like you could fold it many more times; this fact is often cited as a fun trivia tit-bit with little practical application.* · *Crocodiles Can Gallop Like A Horse* · *The chances of you (as opposed to someone else) being born is about **1 in 40 million.* · *Every year millions of trees grow thanks to squirrels forgetting their nuts.* · *Penguins only have one mate their entire life and “propose” by giving their mate a pebble.* · *Despite high infant mortality rates and lower life expectancies, not one of our direct ancestors died childless.* · *Butterflies can taste with their feet.* · *For someone, somewhere in the world, today is the most amazing day of their life.* · *Cows produce the **most milk **when listening to the song.. “Everybody Hurts by R.E.M”…* *best-selling 1992 album.* *Regards* *V.Sridharan* *Trichy* On Thursday 30 January, 2025 at 07:33:01 pm IST, Gopala Krishnan < [email protected]> wrote: *CULTURAL QA 01-2025-30* *Interesting QA – Compiled from Quora QA* *Q1 Can you tell an example for-“Don't Be Foolish”:* A1 Jiva Cargo, Jan 25 Once, a hungry Lion told the fox, "Get me something to eat, or I will eat you!" The fox went to a donkey and said, "The Lion wants to make you a king, come with me." When the Lion saw the donkey, he attacked, biting off its ears, but the donkey ran away. The donkey told the fox, "You tricked me! The Lion tried to kill me!" The fox replied, "Don’t be silly! He took your ears so you could wear a crown! Let’s go back." The donkey thought this made sense, so it followed the fox again. This time, the Lion attacked the donkey and bit off its tail! The donkey escaped again, saying to the fox, "You were lying! The Lion cut off my tail!" The fox said, "He just wants you to sit comfortably on the throne! Come back with me." The fox convinced the donkey to return once more. The Lion then caught the donkey and killed it. The Lion said to the fox, "Good job bringing back the donkey. Now, skin it for me and bring its brains, lungs, liver, and heart!" The fox skinned the donkey and ate its brain but brought back its lungs, liver, and heart to the Lion. The Lion got angry and asked, "Where is its brain?!" The fox replied, "It had no brain, my king. If it had one, it wouldn't have come back to you after you hurt it!" The Lion thought for a moment and said, *"That is very true."* *Q2 Can you expand-“A father and a son, two generations of scientists who have succeeded each other, both winners of the Nobel Prize”.* A2 Nick104,19h In the photo Niels Bohr, who made fundamental contributions to the understanding of atomic structure (famous is the Atomic Model that bears his name) as well as being one of *the fathers of quantum theory,* winner in 1922 "for his services in investigations of the structure of atoms and of radiation emanating from them", who watches his son Aage doing calculations. Aage won the Nobel, shared with Ben Mottelson and Leo Rainwater, fifty-three years after his father, in 1975. *Since it was first awarded, in 1901, the Nobel has been won by seven parent-child pairs.* The other winners are: Marie with Pierre and Irène Joliot-Curie. William and Lawrence Bragg, who shared the Prize for Physics in 1915 Arthur and Roger David Kornberg, Hans von Euler-Chelpin and Ulf von Euler Manne and Kai M. Siegbahn J.J. and George Paget Thomson *Q3 Can you tell an example about the “essence of teaching”* A3 Richard Strachan, 2y A young man meets an old man and asks him: - Do you remember me?And the old man says NO. Then the young man says that he was his student. And the teacher asks:- What are you doing, what do you do for a living? The young man responds:- Well, I became a teacher. Oh, good, like me? - said the old man *- Yes. Actually, I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you.* The old man, curious, asks the young man what moment inspired him to become a teacher. And the young man tells the following story: - One day, a friend of mine, also a student, arrived with a beautiful new watch, and I decided I wanted it for myself and I stole it, took it out of his pocket. Soon after, my friend noticed the theft and immediately complained to our teacher, who was you. So, you stopped the class and said: - Your friend's watch was stolen during class today. Whoever stole it, return it. - I didn't return it because I didn't want to. So you closed the door and told us all to get up and you were going to rummage through our pockets until we found the watch. *But, he told us to close our eyes, because he would only look if we all had our eyes closed.* So we did, and you went from pocket to pocket, and when you got to mine, you found the watch and took it. You kept looking for everyone's pockets and when you said: - "Open your eyes. We already have the watch." You didn't tell me anything and you never mentioned the episode. You never said who stole the watch. That day, you saved my dignity forever. It was the most shameful day of my life. But it was also the day my dignity was saved from becoming a thief, a bad person, etc. *You never said anything to me, and even though you didn't scold me or call my attention to give me a moral lesson, I got the message clearly.* And thanks to you, I understood that this is what a true educator should do. Do you remember that episode, professor? And the teacher replies:- "I remember the situation, the stolen watch, which I was looking for in everyone, but I don't remember you, *because I also closed my eyes while looking."* ******* *This is the essence of teaching:If to correct you need to humiliate; you don't know how to teach.* *Q4 What is the most useless fact you know?* A4 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath, Willing responder to survey questions22h Why just one? Here are a few useless facts I know that have benefited me not one bit! I have made no money at all knowing all this. *Kangaroos can't walk backwards.* Their muscular tail and unique leg structure prevent them from moving in reverse. Butterflies can taste with their feet. Their taste sensors are on their legs, so they “stand” on plants to know if they’re good to eat. A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance”. You can’t hum while holding your nose. (Did you try it?) Octopuses have three hearts. Two of them pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body. The color of the blood is Blue! A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate once but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun. *And now tell me what you are going to do knowing all this.* *Q5 Whether Albert Einstein was mistaken for an electrician at any time?* A5 Alessandro13,19h Yes .When he moved to Princeton, Albert Einstein was mistaken for an electrician because of his unkempt hair. He was then asked to fix the contacts of a light bulb socket. A natural joker, Einstein played along and did not reveal his true identity until he had made the repair, thus causing great embarrassment among the staff at the university center. And that was not the first time he had fun playing with role reversals. He had already done it years before when he was not yet very well known. His theories had just begun to spread around the world (especially after the first experimental confirmation of general relativity, obtained with the observation of a total eclipse of the Sun in 1919), and for this reason he began to receive numerous invitations to give conferences.*However, his image was not yet public knowledge and few were able to recognize him.* During one of those trips, one night while he was driving to a little-known location in the United States, he confided his tiredness to the driver. The latter (a man who physically resembled Einstein) confided in him:"I've heard you speak so many times, sir, that I bet I can replace you without anyone noticing." The father of relativity hesitated for a moment but then immediately accepted the proposal, thinking that as an idea it was not a bad one. *When they arrived at the conference venue, Einstein let the driver go ahead and sat in the last seats, at the back of the large room.* Everything went wonderfully, no one noticed the formidable set-up and the driver did very well, even answering some rather technical questions. *Until someone in the audience, a rather self-important university professor, stood up and asked a tricky question (which concerned the physics of antiparticles).* The real Einstein decided to stand up and confess to the audience in the room the little scam, convinced that his American driver would not be able to answer. But the latter, after a few seconds of confusion, not at all embarrassed and hesitant, preceded him by saying:*"I am surprised at you, professor, the answer to your question is so easy that even my driver sitting over there could provide it... and in fact he will provide it".* Einstein rushed to answer and when they were out of the room he laughed out loud with the driver, complimenting him on his truly brilliant idea. If this little story is true, and it probably isn't since there is another similar and equally legendary one going around featuring the German physicist Max Planck, one of the fathers of quantum physics, there is no doubt that the conference given by the driver was impeccable, but it undoubtedly constituted the glittering surface of a completely empty sphere.Anyone, if properly trained, is able to give a conference on a pre-established topic of physics, chemistry, neuroscience, finance or any other subject. But it is still a vaudeville skill, typical of someone who passively and uncritically follows a script, ignoring its meaning and implications, a barroom knowledge or, better, as psychologists call it, a "chauffeur's knowledge". *Gopalakrishnan 30-1-2025* -- To go to your groups page on the web, login to your gmail account and then click on https://groups.google.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iyer123" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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