Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary
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Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary (5 September 1950 - 2 December 2006) was a scientist and inventor born in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. His father named him after the Pole Star
, "Dhuruvan Natchathra". He was the last born of 12 children.
He was the brother of V. Anandasangary, a Tamil
politician.
A Soil Research and Development Engineer (B.Sc, M.Sc. M. Phil). Dhuruvasangary received patent
s for such things as a microscope convertible into a telescope and a world clock and developed other inventions such as solar oven, and a device to measure snow and hail precipitation.
Dhuruvasangary attended Hartley College, and completed his M.Sc at Patrice Lumumba University, Moscow
, USSR in 1977 and M.Phil at Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka in 1983 (Assessment of Drainage Effects in the Mahaweli Area. M.Phil Thesis. PGIA, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka).
The latter two were written and published after migrating to Canada
. He wrote many articles and editorials on science and technology, archaeology
, religion and history. He spent the majority of his life developing simple, low cost scientific and technological solutions to problems faced by regular people.
ia, Indus Valley, Sri Lanka, Mesopotamia
and so on, had complex science and technology, the content of which he developed utilizing all forms of evidence including archaeological, literary (especially myths) and religious practices. These, he argued, were forms of true science, which involved a process of verification placing the human factor first, as opposed to capitalist era pseudo-science, which uses profit as its measure of verification.
Pole star
The term "Pole Star" usually refers to Polaris, which is the current northern pole star, also known as the North Star.In general, however, a pole star is a visible star, especially a prominent one, that is approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation; that is, a star whose apparent...
, "Dhuruvan Natchathra". He was the last born of 12 children.
He was the brother of V. Anandasangary, a Tamil
Tamil people
Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
politician.
A Soil Research and Development Engineer (B.Sc, M.Sc. M. Phil). Dhuruvasangary received patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s for such things as a microscope convertible into a telescope and a world clock and developed other inventions such as solar oven, and a device to measure snow and hail precipitation.
Dhuruvasangary attended Hartley College, and completed his M.Sc at Patrice Lumumba University, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, USSR in 1977 and M.Phil at Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka in 1983 (Assessment of Drainage Effects in the Mahaweli Area. M.Phil Thesis. PGIA, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka).
Books
He is the author of three books:- Research Articles on Palymyrah Palm (1979),
- Lost Aviation Technology (1994) and
- En Muliyam Tamil (The Story of My Language, 2005; translated into English by Dhuruvasangary and C. Radhakrishnan).
The latter two were written and published after migrating to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He wrote many articles and editorials on science and technology, archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
, religion and history. He spent the majority of his life developing simple, low cost scientific and technological solutions to problems faced by regular people.
Central Thesis
The uniting thesis of his work was that pre-colonial ancient societies such as SumerSumer
Sumer was a civilization and historical region in southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age....
ia, Indus Valley, Sri Lanka, Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the...
and so on, had complex science and technology, the content of which he developed utilizing all forms of evidence including archaeological, literary (especially myths) and religious practices. These, he argued, were forms of true science, which involved a process of verification placing the human factor first, as opposed to capitalist era pseudo-science, which uses profit as its measure of verification.