Mainak Pal

Interested in whatever is logically and aesthetically sound! Postdoctoral Associate at University of Florida in Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science.

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Received a courtesy copy from EJP yesterday......delighted to have an image from my article on the front cover :)

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If you are interested, you might want to have a look at the abstracts and references in the two sessions below on driven topological systems in @APSMeetings 2024
https://t.co/CSNQcvMEqN
https://t.co/lx3Usf1oH7

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Random days during the March Meeting......

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APS...Orlando...Minneapolis 2

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Orlando...Minneapolis 1

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FYI, galapagos means tortoise and/or saddle :)

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Beautiful! Somehow reminded me of a Prof. Shonku story which revealed exquisite sculptures of various living beings by an ancient alchemist, all of which in the end turned out to be different unfortunate creatures turned into gold by the Midas touch of an alchemical elixir!

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This is the right forearm of Michelangelo's Moses (c. 1513-1515) statue.

The arrow points to a small muscle called the extensor digiti minimi, which only contracts when the pinky is lifted, otherwise it is invisible.

Most of Michelangelo's sculptures are painstakingly detailed and you can clearly see his obsession with the human body, which he saw as a physical representation of the soul. Michelangelo always preferred sculpting over painting.

And while he was extremely dedicated to his craft, Michelangelo was also human. One of my favorite letters of all time is the one in which he writes to Giovanni da Pistoia (a member of the Florentine Academy) while painting the Sistine Chapel.

"I've already grown a goiter from this torture,
swollen up here like a cat from Lombardy
(or anywhere where the stagnant water's poison). My stomach's squashed under my chin, my beard's pointing at heaven, my brain's crushed in a casket, my breast twists like a harpy's. My brush, above me all the time, dribbles the paint so my face makes a fine floor for droppings!

My haunches are grinding into my guts, my poor ass strains to work as a counterweight, every gesture I make is blind and aimless. My skin hangs loose below me, my spine's all knotted from folding over itself, I'm bent taut as a Syrian bow.

And because I'm like this, my thoughts are crazy perfidious tripe: anyone shoots badly through a crooked blowpipe.

My painting is dead.
Defend it for me, Giovanni, protect my honor.
I am not in the right place-I am not a painter."

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Wow! Rubik's fractal cube?

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

This is brilliant 👏

(��� by Yan Le Gall)

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Beautiful! When I was there in March, they had just finished installing the sphere...

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Santa sure got to Las Vegas

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A "split screen" sunset happens when clouds on the right half of the footage are higher in the sky and are thus still picking up some of the Sun’s lingering rays

This was recorded in Florida.

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A confluence of #history, #geography, #storytelling and #cinematography...all crafted together wonderfully!...hope all the episodes are factually accurate too...a really enjoyable series...
Fall of Civilizations https://t.co/bOFa6w7FZb via @YouTube

[Sayan Choudhury @Sayan_Quantum]

The incredible Elliot Lieb!
https://t.co/Cd6C90UtvM

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#SolarEclipse2023, Florida...

[NOAA Satellites - Public Affairs @NOAASatellitePA]

SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: @NOAA's #GOES16 🛰️ caught the frequent #lightning associated with Hurricane #Idalia as it made landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida this morning. Get the latest: https://t.co/B0vYuIVeYh #FLwx

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https://t.co/mzPog7pr8W

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@kaneenikasinha One of my favorites! Didn't know the connection with Montreal though :)

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Ichetucknee......after a long time......this time tubing :)

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Missed the live...watching now...hope everything in the mission goes well this time! and fantastic to see that so many people gathered in this heat to watch the live launch👏🤜🤛👋

[ISRO @isro]

LVM3 M4/Chandrayaan-3:
Lift-off, tracking and onboard views

[Viswanathan Anand @vishy64theking]

Admin paneer sub khaane gaya tha 😅

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https://t.co/aciUQwF41z Mathematical 'Einstein' Shape Creates a Never-Repeating Pattern via @sciam