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Presents

Dr. TAPAN DAS

Why Astrology is Science: Five Good Reasons ( Course Code CGJB003 )

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Dr. Tapan Das has 35 years of technical management experience in telecommunication, wireless, IP,

WiFi and ASIC. He holds an M.Sc. in Electronics from the University of London, UK and Ph.D. in

Microwave Electronics from the University of Bradford, UK. Dr. Das has worked as technical manager,

engineering director, vice president in the following companies: Plessey Semiconductors, Nortel,

Lucent Technologies, SGNTT, and Kinare Networks. Currently, he is the co-founder of DasTalk

Telecom Inc. engaged in design and marketing of consumer telecommunication equipments. He

holds seven patents and has published number of technical papers in International journals. He had

an active interest in astrology for a long time and has been researching astrology and cosmology for

the last six years. He has published six papers on this subject in international journals – International

Society of Astrological Research (ISAR), USA, Research in Astrology with Media in Science (RAMS),

France, Saptarishis Astrology, India; and Journal of Mindshift Institute, USA. He has published a paper

on the scientific theory of consciousness in the journal of NeuroQuantonology and one to be

published soon in Saptarishis Astrology. Dr. Das has recently published a book titled Why Astrology is

Science: Five Good Reasons. He has already given six speeches about his book in various professional

scientific and engineering organizations, and social associations. Three more speeches are scheduled

in February and March 2010. He has been interviewed by Rogers TV, OMNI2 TV, Mississauga News,

Weekly Voice and Weekly Mail. He is the vice chair of the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)

Mississauga chapter, Chair of the PEO mentoring task force, and government liaison member of

Engineers Canada.

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http://www.mississauganews.com/community/life/article/31016--it-s-written-in-the-stars-says-mississauga-author

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Joseph Chin

Jun 23, 2009 - 10:15 PM

It’s written in the stars, says Mississauga author

Astrology author. Tapan Das is the author of Why

Astrology is Science: Five Good Reasons. Staff photo by

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Most people know their Sun sign, yet no one has ever really delved into answering the question: Is astrology really a science?

Until now, that is, thanks to Mississauga engineer Tapan Das, who has just published Why Astrology Is Science: Five Good Reasons.

The slim volume is aimed at scientists, astrologers and those with a keen interest to learn a new perspective on astrology — “all those

who wonder about stars and planets and how patterns and relationships hold significant meaning for all of us,” as the author says.

Despite an anti-astrology statement signed by 186 scientists, including 19 Nobel Laureates, in 1975, the interest in astrology is greater

now than ever before, says Das.

“The paradoxical result is that the heyday of astrology was not during the benighted Middle Ages, when the average person was sunk

deep in ignorance and superstition and kept there by illiteracy and the rarity of books,” he points out. “Rather, it is now when most

people presumably know the basic facts of astronomy from space-probe photos in the daily newspaper and on TV that show that the

other planets are more or less similar to Earth and not mystical god-fires in the sky.

“At least 90 per cent of all Americans know their Sun sign. How many people know their blood type? Or the name of the Secretary of

State? Or Newton’s three laws of motion?”

Although he’s not a practitioner of astrology, Das says he’s been interested in the subject since he was a boy growing up in India. After

retiring from his job in the telecommunications industry some five years ago, he devoted all his time to research on astrology and

cosmology, with the intention of explaining astrology on a scientific basis.

Stars and planets each have a different influence on our lives depending on their positions in their signs and heavenly houses, says

Das. All these cosmic forces shape our thoughts, which, in turn, direct our actions.

“If we are warned that we are prone to rash actions due to the influence of certain planets, then we can hold a check on our emotion

and rash action and catastrophic results,” says Das. “If we know that the position of the planets gives a favourable condition, then we

can take advantage of it by proper action. This is how astrology can help without giving specific answers to specific questions.”

Das is quick to point out that astrologers should not be confused with psychics and fortune tellers.

Unlike the latter ilk, he says, genuine astrologers do not concern themselves exclusively with prediction; they use natal charts

exclusively for character analysis and counselling and refuse to have anything to do with forecasting.Why Astrology Is Science: Five

Good Reasons is published by iUniverse and can be purchased online at www.iuniverse.com and www.amazon.ca.

[email protected]

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Astrology is the oldest science. Astrology and astronomy was intimately combined but started separating out

from seventeenth century. Astrology, from Greek word astron (stars) and logia (study of), means study of stars;

whereas astronomy, from Greek word astron (stars) and nomos (law) means laws of stars. But astrology is now

sometimes being called pseudoscience by the scientific community, although a recent poll shows that 90% of

Americans know their Sun signs (zodiac at birth time). The author by his thorough scientific research work over a

number of years has clearly explained five good scientific reasons for the scientific basis of Astrology. His

speeches and interviews have encouraged a lot of interest within his audience. His speech on scientific basis of

astrology will be an extremely interesting topic during this speaking session.

Links to articles and web pages about the speaker is given below:

1. www.mississauga.com/community/life/article/3106-it-s-written-in-the-stars-says-mississauga-author 2. www.weeklyvoice.com/news/newsdetails.php?id=743 3. “Launch your book,” Saptarishis Astrology, Vol.7, 2009 4. www.scarborough.peo.on.ca/

click on “2009 events and reviews,” click on 2009-09-29 “Astrology is Science by Tapan Das.”

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Recently Dr. Das had a talk about his book in OMNI2 TV, channel 14 on Jan 31, 2010. He also had an interview

with the host of Day Program on Rogers TV Mississauga on September 14, 2009.

Dr. Tapan Das is very knowledgeable in the subject matter area of his topic. His presentation style is scholarly,

informative, passionate, and eloquent. Being keenly aware of the controversial nature of this topic, especially

within the scientific community, he presents his case very informatively and answers all questions with an open

mind and scientific reasons.

He lucidly explains what the world needs to know and how the expanding universe with 200 billion galaxies and

each galaxy containing 200 billion stars affect human behaviour and character. Science so far has been

proceeding with the philosophy of Descartes – Cogito Ergo Sum (I think therefore I am). Scientists believe we can

explain and create all the phenomena around us. By doing that, scientific community has failed to look beyond

this blinker and is missing the important and vast areas of other phenomena which cannot be explained by direct

cause and effect approach, but subtle methods of data collection and analysis. It may not be possible to find out

the root cause and the results of the analysis just yet, similar to the fact that we still do not know the root cause

of gravity or the negative charge of an electron, other than simply explaining their properties. Dr. Tapan Das with

his in-depth research work can put astrology as a social science – to its rightful place.

WHEN: Friday, February 26, 2010. Times: Registration starts 5:15 p.m. Speaker Introduction: 6:00 p.m.

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