कृपया शांत रहें: धरती खुद को ठीक कर लेगी - जलवायु हमारे नियंत्रण से परे है... धरती को सरकारों या उनके बनाए कानूनों से कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता। आज के मौसम के आंकड़ों में आपको ग्लोबल वार्मिंग के पुख्ता सबूत शायद ही मिलें। जलवायु परिवर्तन का संबंध भूवैज्ञानिक समय से है, जिसे धरती बिना किसी की अनुमति मांगे या बिना किसी को सफाई दिए, अपने आप खुद-ब-खुद करती है।
Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself - Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't care about governments or their legislation. You can't find much actual global warming in present-day weather observations. Climate change is a matter of geologic time, something that the earth routinely does on its own without asking anyone's permission or explaining itself.
Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself - Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't care about governments or their legislation. You can't find much actual global warming in present-day weather observations. Climate change is a matter of geologic time, something that the earth routinely does on its own without asking anyone's permission or explaining itself.
यह कितनी अजीब विडंबना है कि आइंस्टीन का सबसे रचनात्मक काम—सापेक्षता का सामान्य सिद्धांत—आखिरकार अंतरिक्ष को एक माध्यम (मीडियम) के रूप में देखने पर ही आकर ठहर जाता है, जबकि [सापेक्षता के विशेष सिद्धांत में] उनका मूल आधार यही था कि ऐसा कोई माध्यम मौजूद ही नहीं है[..]।
It is ironic that Einsteins most creative work, the general theory of relativity, should boil down to conceptualizing space as a medium when his original premise [in special relativity] was that no such medium existed[..].
It is ironic that Einsteins most creative work, the general theory of relativity, should boil down to conceptualizing space as a medium when his original premise [in special relativity] was that no such medium existed[..].
अंतरिक्ष में निर्वात (वैक्यूम) की आधुनिक अवधारणा, जिसकी पुष्टि रोज के प्रयोगों से होती है, वास्तव में एक सापेक्षतावादी ईथर ही है।
The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether.
The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether.
परम सत्य के पीछे पागल रहने वाला इंसान वही होता है जो अपना पैसा गँवाने के लिए तैयार बैठा रहता है।
A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money.
A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money.
तकनीकी उपकरणों के प्रति मेरी दिलचस्पी के साथ-साथ मेरे अंदर प्राकृतिक दुनिया के लिए एक गहरा प्यार और सम्मान भी जागृत हुआ, जो आज भी मेरी वैज्ञानिक सोच को प्रेरित करता है।
In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.
In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.
आज भी मैं हमेशा यह आग्रह करता हूँ कि किसी समस्या के बारे में पहले से कुछ भी पढ़े बिना, उसे शुरू से अपने दम पर हल किया जाए। यह आदत कभी-कभी मुझे मुसीबत में डाल देती है, लेकिन उतनी ही बार यह मुझे उन चीज़ों को देखने में मदद करती है जिन्हें मेरे से पहले के लोग चूक गए थे।
To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed.
To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed.
लेकिन पूर्वाग्रहों और अस्पष्ट तर्कों को उजागर करने के लिए टकराव की जो ज़रूरत होती है, जो कि मेरे विज्ञान के दर्शन में गहराई से समाई हुई है, उसकी शुरुआत इन्हीं बहसों से हुई थी।
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.
मैंने हार्डवेयर स्टोर से प्रोपेन टॉर्च का उपयोग करके कांच को पिघलाने (ब्लो करने) का तरीका खुद ही सीख लिया था और किसी तरह रसायन विज्ञान से जुड़े कुछ शुरुआती उपकरण जैसे टी-जॉइंट और छोटे कांच के बल्ब बना लिए थे।
I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs.
I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs.
मैं बचपन में बहुत ही एकांतप्रिय और अंतर्मुखी लड़का था।
I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.
I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.
इसलिए दुनिया भर की माताओं को हिम्मत रखनी चाहिए। आज आप बच्चों को जो संस्कार दे रही हैं, उसके सालों बाद अप्रत्याशित रूप से सकारात्मक परिणाम सामने आ सकते हैं।
So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later.
So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later.
पश्चिमी समाज में कई कमियाँ हैं, और एक शिक्षित व्यक्ति के लिए इन पर गहराई से विचार करना अच्छी बात है, भले ही इसके लिए आँसू गैस के कारण एक-दो लेक्चर ही क्यों न छोड़ने पड़ें।
Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas.
Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas.
बैल लैब्स में ही मेरा पहली बार असली सेमीकंडक्टर विशेषज्ञों से सीधा संपर्क हुआ और इस प्रकार मुझे पूरी तरह समझ आया कि ये कितने अद्भुत पदार्थ हैं और क्या कुछ कर सकते हैं।
It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do.
It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do.
मेरी माँ ने हमें पियानो सीखने के लिए भी भेजा, और इसका भी ऐसा ही असर हुआ। तब मुझे वे क्लासेज नफ़रत थीं, पर अब मैं शौक के लिए नियमित रूप से पियानो बजाता हूँ और यहाँ तक कि धुनें बनाने की कोशिश भी करता हूँ।
My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.
My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.
स्टैनफोर्ड में मेरी नौकरी मेरे पिछले सभी कामों से काफ़ी अलग है, क्योंकि यहाँ मेरी अपनी महत्वाकांक्षाओं से ज़्यादा उन विद्यार्थियों की भलाई सर्वोपरि है जिनके साथ मैं काम करता हूँ।
My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.
My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.
जब मैं स्टैनफोर्ड गया तो मैंने उस शोध को आगे बढ़ाना शुरू किया जिस पर मैं तब से लगातार काम कर रहा हूँ, यानी फ्रैक्शनल क्वांटम हॉल की खोज के व्यापक प्रभावों को समझने का प्रयास।
When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery.
When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery.
नतीजा यह हुआ कि सिर पर छत, थाली में खाना और स्कूल के कपड़े होने के बावजूद, हमें हमेशा इस बात का अहसास रहता था कि हम सीमित संसाधनों वाले साधारण परिवार से हैं।
As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means.
As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means.
बर्कले में मेरी पहली बार असली पेशेवर वैज्ञानिकों से भेंट हुई थी।
At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists.
At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists.
मेरी माँ, जो एक पेशेवर स्कूल शिक्षिका थीं, हमारी औपचारिक शिक्षा को लेकर विशेष रूप से चिंतित थीं और उन्होंने अन्य अभिभावकों के साथ मिलकर एक निजी स्कूल तक शुरू कर दिया था ताकि हमारी बौद्धिक ज़रूरतें पूरी हो सकें।
My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.
My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.
यह एक दिलचस्प तथ्य है कि अपनी यात्रा के दौरान मुझे कभी भी कंप्यूटर, रेडियो या ऐसी किसी भी चीज़ के पास जाने की अनुमति नहीं दी गई जिसे मैं अपनी जिज्ञासा के कारण, या शायद किसी और बदनीयती से, नुकसान पहुँचा सकूँ।
It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister.
It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister.
मेरे बचपन के घर के पीछे गेहूँ और कपास के खेत हुआ करते थे।
My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.
My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.