Ho provato molte volte a ricordare quale fosse nella mia mente di adolescente la relazione tra l'astronomia e il senso della vita. Ma non ci riesco! La sola cosa che ricordo è che a quel tempo pensavo che avrei scoperto il mistero della vita se avessi compreso come funziona il cosmo! Forse ero influenzata dalla credenza che il paradiso sia in cielo! E sognavo di trovarlo nella scienza!
Tutti i miei sogni di svelare la Creazione con la scienza svanirono al secondo anno di Fisica all'Università, studiando la meccanica quantistica: ho imparato che ci sono molte incertezze nella fisica e nell'astronomia. Da allora ho continuato in miei studi di astronomia con un altro punto di vista.
Oggi l'astronomia mi permette di realizzare uno dei miei sogni più importanti, un sogno che è nato durante l'infanzia. Un anno e mezzo prima che io nascessi, il mio paese è entrato in guerra e tutta la mia infanzia è passata sotto la dura pressione della guerra. A quel tempo, avevamo due canali televisivi, che trasmettevano entrambi un’ora al giorno di programmi per bambini. Tutti i cartoni animati proponevano situazioni much harder than we were living in reality, most stories of children whose mother died, or went to service in other houses, or went to find his father. I do not know how these cartoons could be elected! But there were also two other programs that I loved with all my heart. One of these was about a grandfather who narrated stories Inuit to his nephew (it was not a cartoon!), Construction of their territory, hunting and navigation. Wonderful! The other was a cartoon about Marco Polo. I still have very clear memories of a little girl of 4 or 5 years watching TV and fascinated with the heartbeat and had a fixed idea travel! My passion was Venice, the city on water! How could he be? I often wondered how he would be living in Venice. I thought my father would take a boat instead of a car in the morning to go to work, and I imagined my mother opened the door and wash the dishes in the street is a river!
lively an imagination and dreams of a future full of my travels have made my day joyful and happy childhood, despite the war and all its painful and incredible effects that have plagued our lives and our country for many years, even now. And now travel to conferences, seminars etc. through astronomy. Finally one day I will visit Venice and even the Inuit! Who knows what will happen tomorrow?
For me, astronomy is the focal point of my deepest aspirations.
Nakis Nooraee
NN was born in Iran where she majored in astronomy. Today is doing a PhD in astronomy from the "Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Original text
" I have tried many times to remember what the relation Between myth and astronomy of life and creation Was in my mind, as a teenager. But I can not! The only thing I remember is I thought I would discover the mystery of life if I can Understand the reality of the cosmos! Maybe I was influenced with historic idea that heavens are in the sky, and I dreamed to find them in science!
All of my dreams about disclosing the Creation by science vanished when I was a physic's student on second year of bachelor, while learning quantum mechanics. I found out there are many uncertainties in physics and especially in astronomy.
Today astronomy serves one of my biggest dreams, a dream from childhood. One and half year before my birth, war had started in my country and all of childhood was under hard pressure of war. On that time, we had 2 channels on TV, each of them had one hour per day program for children. All of the cartoons portrayed a worse situation than we have had on those days, most of them were the story of a child whose mother died recently or has to work as servant in other's home or has to go and find father!! I don't know really how those cartoons had been chosen so wisely!!! But there were two different programs I loved them (heartily). One of them was an Inuit grandfather who tells story for his grandson (It wasn't cartoon), he narrates about building the Inupiat, hunting and boating! Complete amazing! The other was a carton about Marco Polo. I have still clear strong memories of a 4 or 5 years old girl, gazing on TV, with charming beating heart who thinks madly about travelling! My passion was Venice, the city on water!! How does it exist? The question, which was repeated many times for me, I imagine how living in Venice would be? I thought my father every morning needs boat to go work instead of car and my mother can open our home's door and wash dishes in street, which is a river! Funny imaginations and dreaming for future life, full of travels around the world has mad my childhood happy and cheerful days, against war and all of painful and unbelievable destructive effects which have affected our lives and our country for many years, even now. And now, I travel for workshops, seminars etc for astronomy. Hopefully one day visit Venice or ambitiously, Inuit! How knows what happens tomorrow?
For me, astronomy is Conjunction point of my inquisitive soul's dreams. "
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