Workshop by Prof. M. M. Pant
Dear All On 28 June , I (along with whole staff of CRPF School) attended a workshop by renowned Physicist and Educationist Prof. M. M. Pant . It was a great learning experience. The two things which inspired me the most are as follows: A. A famous quote about IsidorIsaac Rabi (born American physicist and Nobel laureate recognized in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance ) “My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school: So? Did you learn anything today? But not my mother. "Izzy," she would say, "did you ask a good question today?" That difference--asking good questions--made me become a scientist.” So, one should always ask questions and seek for the answers. B. Harvard University’s list of skills that make an “educated person”: 1. The ability to define problems without a guide. 2. The ability to ask hard questions which challenge...