With the last of the Nobels of 2017 having been declared, here's a look back at my post from October 2015:
Every year, for the last three decades, the first fortnight of October has a special place in my yearly calendar. It is the time when the coveted Nobel Prizes are announced. The fortnight ends with the prestigious Man Booker Prize.
As soon as the announcement of prizes begins, I jot down the names of the Nobel Laureates in my latest notepad. It all comes to an end with the Booker. Though it would be difficult for me to collect all my notes, as I haven't kept them carefully, technology can help me get the entire list whenever I want.
There is some sort of thrill and excitement in recording the 'discoveries'. The awards always have a message. For example, this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the Tunisian Quartet is an excellent endorsement of how political systemic change can be brought about with a synergy of efforts from business interests as well as civil society.
After completing this year's jottings, I shall wait for October to arrive next year.
Coming back to the present, as I peep into my latest notebook, which I have been populating since the start of October 2017, what has been of significance? Is it chronobiology or study of biological clocks which was the theme of the Physiology laureates work or is LIGO (Physics) or the 'illusory sense of our connection with the world' (Literature) or the (ir)rationality theories propounded by amongst others Thaler (Economics)? Am I getting better at comprehending the gist of the laureates' work or is it the persistence of trying to understand the subjects for more than three decades now. All said and done, this period is and has always been an enjoyable one
Every year, for the last three decades, the first fortnight of October has a special place in my yearly calendar. It is the time when the coveted Nobel Prizes are announced. The fortnight ends with the prestigious Man Booker Prize.
As soon as the announcement of prizes begins, I jot down the names of the Nobel Laureates in my latest notepad. It all comes to an end with the Booker. Though it would be difficult for me to collect all my notes, as I haven't kept them carefully, technology can help me get the entire list whenever I want.
There is some sort of thrill and excitement in recording the 'discoveries'. The awards always have a message. For example, this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the Tunisian Quartet is an excellent endorsement of how political systemic change can be brought about with a synergy of efforts from business interests as well as civil society.
After completing this year's jottings, I shall wait for October to arrive next year.
Coming back to the present, as I peep into my latest notebook, which I have been populating since the start of October 2017, what has been of significance? Is it chronobiology or study of biological clocks which was the theme of the Physiology laureates work or is LIGO (Physics) or the 'illusory sense of our connection with the world' (Literature) or the (ir)rationality theories propounded by amongst others Thaler (Economics)? Am I getting better at comprehending the gist of the laureates' work or is it the persistence of trying to understand the subjects for more than three decades now. All said and done, this period is and has always been an enjoyable one
