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Follow on Google News | ![]() Pick Locks, Mathematics and Mahabharata from Online Racks of InfibeamLocks, Mathematics and Mahabharata book written by Raghu is a delightful lateral thinking exercise. He makes unusual comparisons between locks, mathematics and the great Indian epic Mahabharata.
By: Infibeam.com 'Locks, Mathematics and Mahabharata' is a unique book that is a delightful exercise in lateral thinking. In fact, there is a well established anecdote on Indians that they are the best lateral thinkers in the world. A simple example of this can be seen every day on a busy street/road in India. Whenever we are stuck up in a traffic jam, we try to find a way through all that jam by pushing pulling and maneuvering our vehicles through the narrowest places to get out of it. We are never obstructed by a Cow strolling in the middle of the road; we simply drive through the other side! This book written by Raghu is also expressing a similar kind of lateral thinking but this time he has done it with Mahabharata in the backdrop. He makes unusual comparisons between locks, mathematics and the great Indian epic Mahabharata. It is entertaining how he has woven the three disparate things together in the form of numerous stories. One is of Draupadi who is like an answer to all the Pandavas as she is married to each of them. Therefore, she is like a lock to five keys! The author links this with polynomials. In another story Jarasandha resembles split locks and symmetries. That author has written several stories with Mahabharata characters such as Yudhisthira, Shukrayacharya, Kacha, Draupadi and many more. He has linked all of these characters and their life instances with mathematics, an unusual parallel. Read this book to know and learn a different perspective. Infibeam.com, one of the best online shopping sites for buying books, has this book on their online racks. http://www.infibeam.com/ ### About the Author V Raghunathan, is currently Managing Director of GMR Industries Ltd and CEO of GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the infrastructure major, the GMR Group. He was the President of ING Vysya Bank from 2001 to 2004. From 1982 to 2001, he was a Professor of Finance & Accounting at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Bocconi, Milan, Italy since 1990. He currently lectures on behavioral finance. He has written several books including his most popular 'Games People Play' and 'Locks, Mathematics and Mahabharata'. End
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