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PHOTO CREDIT - The Intellectual Sargassum is a brown algae seaweed that has recently been washing up on the Caribbean shores in increasing amounts over the past few years. The photo shows it lining the Tobago beach and when The Intellectual was in Barbados, the same phenomena was seen, ruining the pristine beauty of the white sandy Barbados beaches. In the ocean, these floating mats are home to and a source of food to many sea creatures. It is unclear exactly what is causing it wash up on shore in increasing amounts, however global warming is a possibility with warmer oceans increasing blooming. In the open ocean, sargassum “islands” can be acres in size! 4 7 Pollution And The Brain The Magic Of Machu Picchu 04 08 12 Nyla’s Perspective 12 18 20 22 The Intellectual On The Move Castles And Forts Around The Caribbean 22 18 Trekking Around The Caribbean 8 Space Junkie 14 The Intellect Says 23 Book Review 11 A Matter Of Survival 16 The Art Of Cutting Hair 24 The Intellectual Survey Cover Photo: Freelance photographer Nyla Singh captures a stunning sunset in Arnos Vale in Tobago, an island 116 square miles in size. See page 12 for more of her photography. “ Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. Louis Pasteur “ This is a publication of Deva Sharma Architects and Associates Copyright c 2016 Deva Sharma Architects and Associates. All rights reserved. intellectual-magazine-issue5Final.indd 2 10/2/2016 2:22:38 PM
By ISS Expedition 23 crew (NASA Earth Observatory) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons From The Editor Greetings, Fellow Intellectuals An interaction with a scenery, a movie or something in writing somehow inspires the editorial piece in every issue. In our inaugural issue it was witnessing the majesty of the Himalayan mountain and our attempts to conquer it that brought the notion of the wonder of the world and our capacity to conquer it, that came to the fore. A notion we share with the vision of The Intellectual. Another time it was the African Baobab tree – which stands through thick and thin growing robustly skyward in a desert land because it has put down such deep roots. The nature around us reflects the spirit that The Intellectual embodies and inspires us. We are hoping with our second cycle of publication, we are putting down deeper roots. We begin our next cycle of publication with this issue. We continue to be impressed and in awe of the world around us and humans’ capacity to conquer it to the level they have. An IMAX feature on the International Space Station left one with jaw dropped at how far we have come, and serves as an inspiration for my greetings to you, our readers in this issue. Try to imagine the 6 – 48 hour journey in the cramped Soyuz capsule speeding at thousands of kilometres per hour at several G, to eventually dock to the space station. It’s like visiting friends, being greeted so warmly by the astronauts already up there. Imagine a sunrise and sunset every 90 minutes as the space station circles the Earth, sixteen of such every day. This is reality today. And it is the view of Earth from space that inspires this editorial. The view of hundreds and hundreds of thunderstorms going on all over the world appear like blinking fireflies from 250 miles above the ground. Earth appears like a work of art, and watching the astronauts floating through the architecture of the space station, and we all know far too well – it is the magic of science and technology that brings it all to fruition. Like the view from above, we hope you enjoy this issue with a little sprinkling of it all – art, science and architecture. Cogito, ergo sum. Dr. Shirin Haque Editor-in-Chief E D I T O R I A L T E A M Dr. Shirin Haque, PhD Editor-in-Chief Deva Sharma Architect Consultant TM Yuddhistra Sharma, BfA Layout & Design Maritza Francis IT Support & Webpage Development Sharmin Haque Chicago Office, Illinois, USA webpage: the-intellectual-magazine.com email: the.intellectual.magazine@gmail.com CONTACT: (868) 353 - 8755 The opinions in the articles in The Intellectual reflect the authors’ points of view. Total or partial reproduction of the contents of this magazine without the express authorization of the editor is prohibited. The publisher is not responsible for the contents of the advertisements published in this magazine. FOLLOW US: - www.facebook.com/theintellectual - TheIntellectualMag@TheIntellectMag - theintellectualmagazine - http://theintellectualmagazine.blog.com/ intellectual-magazine-issue5Final.indd 3 10/2/2016 2:22:44 PM
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