“The biggest risk in life is not taking one " - from the movie ‘PROOF’

Innumeracy , a book that was referred by Zhao, the fictional teacher in " The art of profitability “. It deals with the lack of a specific set of skills among a lot of people, the lack of a sense of numerical proportion and an appreciation for the irreducible probabilistic nature of the world. In a sense, the book makes readers aware of a lot of common fallacies that pervade our world view and consequently, our thinking .

“The biggest risk in life is not taking one " - from the movie ‘PROOF’

I went on a book buying binge , for the place I visited in Chennai, the Landmark was simply irresistable. So, I would be posting a host of my book reviews in the weeks to come.

Tim Harper, chief executive officer and founder of nano technology company Cientifica, speaks on Potential applications : The major areas of application right now are medical and pharmaceuticals, information technology, chemicals and advanced materials. However, if we look at this from an Indian perspective, textiles are far more significant.So the major applications would be in chemicals (better catalysts to improve throughput, the use of nano particles in composite materials) and textiles (to make cloth stain and crease resistant).