The films directed by Satyajit Ray in which Soumitra Chattopadhyay has acted are the following: Apur Sansar Abhijan Devi Charulata Ghare Baire Teen Kanya Ashani Sanket Hirak Rajar Deshe Sonar Kella Joi Baba Felunath Mahapurush O Kapurush Aranyer Din Ratri Ganashatru Shakha Proshakha
Tom Lehrer, born in 1928, a retired mathematician, lecturer and satirical songwriter got a number of successful albums released during the 1950s and 1960s. One of them was ‘The Elements’. It is a song about the 102-element periodic table to the tune of the Major-General’s Song from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan….
A transcendental number is the one which cannot be obtained as roots of an equation with rational coefficients like, 3×2 + 2x + 4 = 0. The mathematical constant or Euler’s number ‘e’ and ‘pi’ are examples of transcendental numbers. The proof of above proposition is not very simple, which is partly the reason why…
Charles Darwin was in a state of hesitation of a very high degree about whether or not to marry, so much so that he prepared a list of pros and cons about having a wife. He studied the list quite analytically and procrastinated for about a year and finally tied the knot with his cousin…
India defeated the mighty West Indies to win the Cricket World Cup in 1983. India was treated as rank underdogs so much so that before the beginning of the final, the stakes in favour of India were declared as 1 in 66.
When the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev planned to spend thirteen days in the United States in 1959, he made two special requests. One was to see the Disneyland, and the other was to meet the Hollywood actor John Wayne. Sadly, he was barred from visiting Disneyland on account of the cold war. However, he did…
