Thiruvananthapuram: Who would go for a talk which features terms like ‘Force’, ‘Velocity’ and ‘Centre of Gravity’ when the ICC World Cup finals is telecast live on TV? Many. Around 60 participants were at the seminar on ‘The Physical Principles of Flight and Review of Claims about Ancient Indian Aviation Technology’ on Sunday. A testimony to the fact that the brouhaha over the Indian Science Congress held in January 2015 is yet to die down.
The talk was organised by Breakthrough Science Society at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram. The talk was by K Satheesh, a faculty at Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram. ‘’Once you know the principles of flight, you yourselves will be able to make a judgement,’’ he opined.
He started with the history of aviation and proceeded to explain the principles of flight. At that point, few suspected that the facts have any relevance to the meat of the discussion - the Review of ‘Vaimanika Sasthra’. Slowly and carefully, he was laying down the tools for a healthy debate.
30/03/15 New Indian Express
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The talk was organised by Breakthrough Science Society at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram. The talk was by K Satheesh, a faculty at Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram. ‘’Once you know the principles of flight, you yourselves will be able to make a judgement,’’ he opined.
He started with the history of aviation and proceeded to explain the principles of flight. At that point, few suspected that the facts have any relevance to the meat of the discussion - the Review of ‘Vaimanika Sasthra’. Slowly and carefully, he was laying down the tools for a healthy debate.
30/03/15 New Indian Express
