The physics of everyday life | Avinash Sontakke | TEDxBITSPilani

Avinash, a Physics major at BITS Pilani, is an aspiring scientist who is looking to answer the biggest questions in Physics with the smallest answers possible. Having worked on projects that involved stimulating satellite trajectories in the gravitational potential of the Earth and development of a walking pattern as a biometric identity, he has tried to adapt his interest in programming to Physics-based applications. He plans to put his experience to use in the domains of Optical and Quantum Computing.

In this TEDx talk at TEDxBITSPilani, he starts by remembering and recalling the name of the famous and one of the most appreciated physicist Dr. Richard Feynman. Avinash emphasises how knowing about something doesn't imply understanding it and explains it in, what one could be the most beautiful and simplistic explanations taking us back to our childhood how a simple game holds the ability to explain the results of the research of some most well-known scientists. He uses physics to draw some wonderful parallels in our daily life and how the universe functions. Avinash Sontakke, a Physics major at BITS Pilani, is a budding scientist who is looking to answer the biggest questions in Physics with the smallest answers possible. Having worked on projects that involved stimulating satellite trajectories in the gravitational potential of the Earth and development of a walking pattern as a biometric identity, he has tried to adapt his interest in programming to Physics-based applications. He plans to put his experience to use in the domains of Optical and Quantum Computing. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx