Dr Rajiv Desai
An Educational Blog
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL: Today, I will discuss the most controversial topic for about 12000 years,namely, Alcohol.The alcohol is consumed by 80 % of people at some time in their lives. Alcohol or Ethanol or Ethyl Alcohol is defined as an organic compound composed of carbon,hydrogen and oxygen atoms with the molecular configuration as CH3CH2OH. I will not discuss other alcohols like methyl alcohol,propyl alcohol etc etc. The human beings have been consuming alcohol in various alcoholic beverages since 10000 year BC…. I wrote my thesis on alcohol in the year 1986 for my MD exam and concluded that the life-span of a heavy alcoholic is reduced by 12 years; and one out of six deaths in a government hospital is related to alcoholism.I was novice and naive then and the sample size of my study was limited. Whisky is a short form of usquebaugh where uisce means water and bethad means of […]
ISLAM AND MATHEMATICS
ISLAM AND MATHEMATICS : I wish a happy,peaceful and prosperous new year 2010 to all the people of the world irrespective of their race,religion,caste,language,region,nationality and economic status. Today,I will discuss a topic which nobody ever imagined to think,namely, the Islam and the Mathematics.Islam is a great religion and anybody who practices Islam is a muslim. There are 5 pillars of Islam.That means there are 5 religious duties of every muslim which he/she must fulfill. Pillar 1) All muslims must accept that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger(prophet). Pillar 2) All muslims must pray Allah 5 times in a day at fixed time. Pillar 3) All muslims must practice charity by giving a fixed portion of their wealth to the poor. Pillar 4) All muslims must fast during the holy month of Ramadan barring few exceptions. Pillar 5) All able-bodied muslims must perform Hajj, at least […]
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS: The Nuclear Weapon is defined as an explosive device which releases tremendous energy by the process of a nuclear reaction which could be nuclear fission or fusion or both. It would have been better,had I had written this article as a nuclear physicist,had my mathematical formula of Pi was in school textbooks and had my talents harnessed for making the world a better place to live in.Anyway,I will still attempt as an ordinary doctor with monthly salary of rupees 25000 only… There are various naturally occurring forces in the universe like gravitational forces,electromagnetic forces,nuclear forces etc etc.Nuclear forces bind protons and neutrons in the nucleas of any atom.It is the breakdown of these nuclear forces with resultant loss of mass which releases tremendous energy which can be used in a nuclear reactor to produce electricity or can be used in nuclear weapons to destroy human beings and infrastructure. […]
THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: The universe has billions of galaxies and every galaxy has billions of stars and the SUN is also a star and our Earth is one of the planets of the sun.Only the earth in the solar system has life because of water,oxygen rich atmosphere and suitable temperature.Atmosphere has many gases including nitrogen-N(78%);oxygen-O2(21%);carbon dioxide-CO2(0.03%)etc.. The sun-energy is trapped by the photosynthesis in plants. Plants——-Co2+water+sun-energy=O2+sugar Animals——O2+sugar=CO2+water+energy…. ENVIRONMENT is defined as the sum total of all external factors,both living and non-living; to which an organism is exposed and which affects the growth,development and survival of the organism. Living factors to the human being are viruses,bacteria,plants,animals,fellow humans etc. Non-living factors are air,water,soil,sound,temperature,light,etc. Pollution is defined as undesirable changes in the natural environment brought by the human beings which adversely affects the living organisms. Pollutions are of many types including air pollution,water pollution,soil pollution,thermal pollution,radioactive pollution,noise pollution etc. Climate change is defined […]
THE POPULATION EXPLOSION (OVERPOPULATION)
THE POPULATION EXPLOSION (OVERPOPULATION): The population explosion or overpopulation for human species is defined as the number of people in the given area exceeds the resources and the carrying capacity of it’s environment to sustain the quality of life which would have existed ; had the lesser number of people inhabited the same area in the same environment. Overpopulation is when the number of people cannot be maintained without depleting resources and degrading environment with lowering standard of living.The quality is sacrificed at the cost of the quantity.As per the above definition,the earth is overpopulated and almost all countries are overpopulated. Many environmental,social and economic problems stem from overpopulation.The earth is a ‘closed system’ means we have limited environmental/ecological resources like water,air,land,food,shelter,energy etc to be consumed by the population and to be replenished by the earth. If the rate of consumption of resources by the population is less than the […]
