IISc Professor Explains Civilisational Divide with Periodic Table I Gautam Desiraju I

Desc of talk: Solving the puzzle of the periodic table of the chemical elements was one of the finest examples of the success of intuitive as opposed to intellectual thinking. What Europeans could not solve was unraveled by the Eurasian Mendeleev.

Bio of speaker: Gautam R. Desiraju is one of the most highly cited Indian scientists and is a member of the S20 Engagement Group of the Government of India. He is in the Indian Institute of Science.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
2:33 Panchatattva (Greek Vs. India)
5:50 Konigsberg Vs. Kashi
11:37 Before Mendeleev
16:35 Law of Triads
17:29 Newland's Octaves
18:34 Lothar Meyer
20:48 During Mendeleev
32:35 Intuitive Knowledge and Intellectual Knowledge
36:55 Understanding Effects due to Civilisational Divide
40:29 Understanding Dasien Philosophy due to this Divide

Q&A Session:
48:56 Mendeleev's admiration for Sanskrit & Panini Asthadyaya
51:34 How did the intuitive knowledge help Mendeleev

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