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When Einstein Met Tagore

I do not pretend to fully understand the discourse that happened between these two pillars of human civilisation, one from the literary wing and the other from a man of science. Read and try to understand, if you can... http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/27/when-einstein-met-tagore/ by  Maria Popova Collision and convergence in Truth and Beauty at the intersection of science and spirituality. On July 14, 1930,  Albert Einstein  welcomed into his home on the outskirts of Berlin the Indian philosopher  Rabindranath Tagore . The two proceeded to have one of the most stimulating, intellectually riveting conversations in history, exploring the  age-old friction  between  science and religion .  Science and the Indian Tradition: When Einstein Met Tagore  recounts the historic encounter, amidst a broader discussion of the intellectual renaissance that swept India in the early twentieth century, germinating a curious osmosis of ...