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Kunal K. Das is a Professor of Physics and an active researcher in the fields of Nanotechnology and Ultracold Atoms with ongoing funding from the National Science Foundation. He has authored dozens of refereed journal publications and has held teaching and research appointments at several institutions including SUNY, Penn State, Fordham, Optical Sciences Center, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Atypically for a physicist, he has a lifelong interest in the humanities and pop culture and a passion for classic literature, giving him a unique view of physical laws from the perspective of broader human experiences. He is currently a Professor at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and a Scholar of the Kavli Institute of Theor ...more

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‘Good Old Days?’ – The Math Behind the Truth

You often hear people talk about the ' good old days ' - particularly, in the aftermath of some atrocity somewhere, that gets covered round the clock in the news. That does seem to be happening almost weekly if not daily, these days; school shootings, child abductions, terrorist attacks, home invasions, or something like that is in the news every day. So it is no wonder that it feels as if the wor Read more of this blog post »
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“You can generally count on a philosopher to ask a question about the question.”
Kunal K. Das, The Quantum Guide to Life: How The Laws Of Physics Explain Our Lives From Laziness To Love
tags: humor

“disorder in physics means exactly what we understand by the word in everyday life. Just as with my little sketch above about the messy bedroom, we know only too well from experience that in general if we don’t make any effort, any bunch of things would eventually become more disorderly and messy. Now, you can officially stop blaming yourself and the people around you for all the mess, because it really has got nothing to do with human behavior per se. It just happens to be a very basic law of the universe, the most basic, in fact. What’s more, if people have had the audacity to accuse you of being messy and keep on harassing you to clean up after yourself, well, next time you can tell them that they can pack up and move to another universe to live in; as for you, you are only following the local rules.”
Kunal K. Das, The Quantum Guide to Life: How The Laws Of Physics Explain Our Lives From Laziness To Love

“A PhD knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.”
Kunal K. Das, The Quantum Guide to Life: How The Laws Of Physics Explain Our Lives From Laziness To Love
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