5
reasons to write (science books)
After
pondering over the reasons for writing a science genre book, I came
across the following facts that motivate a writer.
You
have an innovative idea, that you believe shall be useful for others,
and want to convey to the world. You consider yourself fortunate
that you have discovered something that nobody until then have
thought of. You want to spread the idea as well as want to protect
it from the unscrupulous elements who can project your idea as their
own, so you find yourself in a tight spot; neither you can reveal
your idea to anyone nor you can keep it a secret. Then you are left
with only alternative of writing it all in a book or an article,
getting its copyright and publishing it. Now, you have got a proof
that the idea is yours and have the satisfaction that it can be
circulated to the public as your idea.
If
you are a natural teacher and love educating others, then you will
be writing books for the fun of it because you feel satisfaction
after explaining a certain topic in your own way, by giving your own
concocted examples and illustrations. You feel contented when the
readers inform you that they find your book useful.
Another
reason is that you find a flaw in some scientific theory or disagree
with a statement in any science book, and with your research you
arrive at correct version, then you wish to disclose to the world
your finding. This urge is the most compelling and can overcome any
of your disabilities of writing a book; it will certainly make you an
author one day.
Making
money is a motive common for every genre and this inspiration is
generated from the plenty of stories of authors becoming rich after
success of their books. Though such stories are more common with
fiction books which everyone can easily read and enjoy, but a
scientific mind finds it difficult to craft a scenario of fiction,
and finds himself at ease when writing about science and thus opts to
write the book in the area of his own interest.
A
science book may also be written in the hope of becoming famous in
your field of study and enhance your value in social circles which
can bring added benefits such as promotions and increasing the number
of your students or followers. You also get delighted whenever your
book is discussed in print or other media.
Devinder
Kumar Dhiman was born in 1965 in a small town near Chandigarh, in a
middle class family. He completed his engineering graduation from the
prestigious Marine Engineering and Research Institute in Kolkata.
After graduation, he worked as an engineer on ship and also taught
science and mathematics to XIIth standard students in a Coaching
institute, in between the sailings. In 1997, he got his First Class
Engineering Officer license from Directorate General of Shipping of
India. After two years, he became head of the technical department of
a Norwegian ship plying in international waters and continues to hold
this position till date. He works on ship for about six months every
year and devotes the remaining time to his interest of physics. He
lives with his family in Panchkula- a beautiful town of north India.
Genre:
General
Science
Publisher:
CreateSpace
Release
Date: June
4, 2013
Book
Description:
'Lines
of Space' is a unique and interesting approach to creation of matter
from empty space. The Author has presented this notion by primarily
discussing the established theories of physics in an interactive
dialogue with his son in order to simplify them and then comparing
them with the new idea of 'Lines of Space'. The author conjectured
that, in the beginning of the Universe, there was dense uniform space
which converted into matter by contraction and caused different
stresses in the remaining space, which in turn gave rise to
fundamental forces. The author developed mathematical formula to find
this stress at various locations in the universe and established its
relation with cause of Gravitation,bending of Light, expansion of the
Universe, Theory of Relativity and creation of subatomic particles.
Thus, he has presented in this book, an absolutely new,
ground-breaking, plausible and fascinating look in to the world of
physics where all matter in the universe is created from space itself
and the fundamental forces subsist due to stress in the 'Lines of
Space'.
Praise
for Lines of Space:
“This
is a fascinating new look into the world of physics and Science. I
think your way of presenting the material through discussion with
your children is innovative and well done.”---Editor of
Book-Editing- Services
“I found it very interesting, I also like your style, and can just say, keep on going, you have talent.”---Dragan Bebic, Technical Superintendent
“New concept of Lines of Space has made me understand the universe and creation of matter in a very simple manner which has been given with adequate proof, hard to negate.”---Capt Sharat Kumar, Master Mariner.
'Lines of Space' concept explains laws of physics really well and gives a relation between strong nuclear force, electrostatic force and gravitational force. Thus, overall the book is a must read and the theories discussed have the potential to change science in a better way.”--- Nikhil Dhiman, Student Engineering
“I found it very interesting, I also like your style, and can just say, keep on going, you have talent.”---Dragan Bebic, Technical Superintendent
“New concept of Lines of Space has made me understand the universe and creation of matter in a very simple manner which has been given with adequate proof, hard to negate.”---Capt Sharat Kumar, Master Mariner.
'Lines of Space' concept explains laws of physics really well and gives a relation between strong nuclear force, electrostatic force and gravitational force. Thus, overall the book is a must read and the theories discussed have the potential to change science in a better way.”--- Nikhil Dhiman, Student Engineering
“Author has presented the theories of science in a very good analytical way with experimental proof, mathematical calculations and original stories of different inventions.” --Bibhash Ranjan Datta, Electrical Engineer
Excerpts:
Excerpt No.1
I
was delighted that Sahil had started showing some interest in
science. Next day he had another question ready for me when I came
home from the factory.
“Daddy,
I have read about quarks but I don’t understand them,” he
pronounced, and then asked, “Can you explain this to me?”
“Both
protons and neutrons are composed of elementary particles called
quarks,” I told him. “There are six types of quarks. Quarks
having a charge of +2/3 are called Up-Quarks and quarks having a
charge -1/3 are called Down-Quarks. Protons are composed of two
up-quarks and one down-quark, while a neutron consists of one
up-quark and two down-quarks. This distinction accounts for the
difference in mass and charge between the two particles.
“How?”
“If
you add two up- quarks and one down-quark, what do you get,” I
asked Sahil.
2
x (+2/3) + (-1/3) = 3/3= +1, calculated Sahil quickly.
“Now
add one up-quark and two-down quarks,” I told him.
“(+2/3)
+ 2 x (-1/3) = 0.”
“Now
you see that the first case of combination of quarks resulted in the
formation of proton having positive charge +1 and in the second case,
this combination formed a neutron having no charge.”
“But
it seems that mathematical juggling has been used to prove the
existence of quarks,” advocated Sahil.
“Yes,
you may be right,” I agreed with him. “But we don’t have any
better explanation so we have to follow this until we get one,” I
added. “These quarks are held together by the strong nuclear force,
which gluons mediate.”
“What
are gluons?” asked Sahil.
“They
must be like glue which keep the quarks together,” interrupted
Ritika. I almost agreed with her unintentionally.
“The
gluon is a member of gauge boson family.”
“Now,
what is this gauge boson?” asked Sahil.
“These
are elementary particles that mediate physical forces.”
“How?”
“You
know that when electrons or protons hit other particles, they
transfer some force to them.”
“Yes.”
“This
transfer of force is done by these particles such as bosons and
photons.”
“Why
can’t electrons and protons do this job by themselves?” asked
Ritika.
“I
don’t know,” I gave honest answer. “But there is something
interesting to know about bosons.”
“What?”
asked Ritika.
“Boson
is the name derived from its inventor Satyender Nath Bose.”
“You
mean an Indian invented this particle!” they were surprised.
“Yes,
he stayed in West Bengal and he also worked with Einstein.”
“Tell
us more about him,” they asked me.
“You
can check on the internet,” I suggested.
“Daddy,
there have been many hits and trials, assumptions, experiments,
errors and corrections done by scientists to reach the present level
of knowledge of science,” stated Sahil.
“Yes,
you’re right. Many times, the theories put forward by scientists
were found wrong by experiments carried out later and then scientists
had to correct themselves,” I agreed with him. “But which
particular gaffe you are referring to?”
“First
Thompson discovered electrons and changed the theory that the atom is
indivisible. He put forward the Plum Pudding model of an atom where
he proposed that an atom has negatively charged electrons in a sea of
positive charge. This theory was again discarded when Rutherford gave
his model.”
“Yes.”
“And
after that, Rutherford suggested that electrons revolve around a
nucleus, which was later refined by Bohr, who suggested that the
electrons were confined into clearly defined, quantized orbits and
could jump between these, but could not freely spiral inward or
outward in intermediate states.”
“And
after that?” I pushed him.
“Bohr’s
model of fixed orbits was discarded in favor of orbitals of
electrons.”
“Well
done! Now it seems that you have understood the structure of the
atom,” I told him.
“Thank
you, Daddy.”
“Thanks
from me too,” added Ritika.
So,
I had won a little battle by making him interested in at least one
chapter of science that was common in physics and chemistry. But my
mind was still hovering around his one question: where do the
electrons get their negative charge. Today, he gave me one more thing
to wonder. He had commented that the discovery of quarks was just
mathematical juggling. I couldn’t disagree with his comment, why do
up-quarks have +2/3 charge and down-quarks have –1/3 charge? And
why do they combine in such a way that a proton becomes positively
charged and a neutron becomes neutral? Why can’t (say) five
down-quarks combine with one up-quark to form an electron, which
should also have a mass equal to a proton and a charge opposite to a
proton? There were many unanswered questions, and my chain of
thoughts had started. I was going deeper and deeper in my
deliberations when my wife called me to inform that dinner was ready
and broke the chain.
