{"id":13089,"date":"2022-03-22T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T01:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=13089"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T08:51:34","slug":"deylight-at-the-end-of-a-quantum-tunnel-as-teen-physicist-arpan-explores-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/deylight-at-the-end-of-a-quantum-tunnel-as-teen-physicist-arpan-explores-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dey\u2019light at the end of a quantum tunnel as teen physicist Arpan explores consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"

(March 22, 2022)<\/strong> Arpan Dey was 15-years-old when a friend mentioned the Junior Academy of Sciences, a part of the prestigious New York Academy of Sciences, telling him to apply. \u201cI never imagined I would get in, but I did send an application. I was selected,\u201d the now 17-year-old teen physicist says, in an interview with Global Indian<\/em><\/a>. Only a month earlier, in July 2020, Arpan had founded his own blog, the Journal of Young Physicists<\/a><\/em>, where he presently serves as the senior physics editor. In 2021, the West Bengal-based lad also published his debut book, Our Physics So Far<\/em>, an attempt to examine consciousness through metaphysics and quantum mechanics, all for laypeople.<\/p>\n

The science gene activated<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Raised on a diet of popular science books, combined with a flair for writing that had already manifested in poetry and short stories, it seemed only natural that Arpan Dey should venture into science communication. Brian Greene (The Elegant Universe<\/em>), Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku and Steven Weinberg provided a literary diet the teenage physicist just couldn’t resist. These works make up a small part of an impressive reading list.<\/p>\n

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The pandemic was a busy time for the teen physicist. Aside from working on building scientific communities for young students, Arpan also began writing his own book. The idea of being a science communicator and bringing the many wonders of physics to laymen seemed the next logical step, for he was already wading through complex metaphysical research, smitten with great thinkers like the physicist and mathematician Roger Penrose (Shadows of the Mind<\/em>) and Erwin Schrodinger (What Is Life)<\/em>, often hailed as the father of quantum mechanics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought there should be a place for young students to publish articles on physics,\u201d says Arpan, about how he began his physics blog, Journal of Young Physicists, back in July 2020. He put the word out, and soon enough, had a group of people on board. The 16-member team is made up of a diverse set of students from around the world, all bound by the universe that is theoretical physics.<\/p>\n

Quantum physics explained<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Even his idea for a book began organically. \u201cI had a collection of notes on quantum physics and I thought, \u2018Why can’t I write a book on this, and bring physics to the layman?\u2019\u201d The research alone, he says, took nearly two years to complete. What began as a bunch of notes on quantum physics became Our Physics So far<\/em> (2021). In order to stand out from the others on the same subject, Arpan decided to stick with the idea of consciousness and metaphysics. \u201cThe writing itself took about three or four months after that,\u201d recalls the teen physicist.<\/p>\n

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