SCIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

Semester: V
Sub Code: BS T 503
Credits: 4
Hours/Wk: 4
Total Hrs: 60
Exam Marks: 50
IA Marks: 50
Exam Duration: 3 Hrs

Chapter 1: (10 hours)
Vedänta: Consciousness
Source of universe, evolution of cosmogony, Brahman, mäyä, universe, Éçvara and Jéva.

Chapter 2: (10 hours)
Classical mechanics
History of modern science from Newton to Einstein

Chapter 3: (20 hours)
Relativity
Einstein’s discoveries, the story of ether, the constancy of the speed of light, Galileo’s principle of relativity, Einstein’s special theory of relativity, Particles, binding forces and field

Chapter 4: (20 hours)
Quantum mechanics
Planck’s equation, statistical behavior of atoms, particle wave duality, wave mechanics, Heisenberg’s principle of indeterminacy, The Copenhagen interpretation, Schroedinger’s cat, The EPR paradox, Unbroken whole, Double-slit experiments and conscious particles, quantum filed, nihilism and vacuum fluctuation

Text Book
Swami Tapasyananda : The Holy Gita-the Science of Life, Pub:RK Mission, Chennai.

Reference Books
1. Lecture notes
2. Swami Chinmayananda, Mandukya Upanishat, Chinmaya Mission Trust.