A Random Walk in Popular Science, by Hem Shanker Ray, Published by Pavlov Institute, Kolkata 700 007, Pages 188, Price Rs. 200.00

摘要

"A Random Walk in Popular Science - some uncommon questions and their answers" by Hem Shanker Ray, published by Pavlov Institute, Kolkata is a source book of information and opinion. The soft bound book of 188 pages comprises of forty six chapters addressing issues from how and why some people become superolds, origin of headaches, importance of self esteem, the nature of emotional intelligence, combating loneliness, stress management, animal intelligence, contribution of plants to global warming, necessity for guidance for mentors, invisibility, brain implants, need for darkness to even the science of happiness. These topics are grouped under five headings (a) Human body and mind, (b) Animal and plant kingdom, (c) Management science, (d)World of Technology and (e) Miscellaneous. The foreword of this book is written by Paban Mukhopadhyay.