Entries from January 2009

January 17, 2009

The Break

It all began that fateful day as I waited in the porch of the department of mechanical engineering at IISc. It was after an hour of dreary waiting that The Vysyan strode into the entrance hall of the department carrying a smug expression that I’ve now learned to associate with being The Vysyan. My academic [...]

January 2, 2009

Ahem…

Yeah, I can hear you saying “At last!”. It’s about time I wrote something here to keep this blog alive. So here goes…
The last week, Tux and me spent a considerable portion of the IC Engine class discussing electromagnetic waves. I was trying to understand why the interaction between electromagnetic waves and matter must depend [...]