"I had to be careful not to drop it on my toes!” Prof Kaikhosrov D. Irani (KDI) (pictured) was referring to his co-authorship with a fellow-Parsi of a weighty tome on physics. He claimed it to have had some success as instructional guide for undergraduates – overt modesty was never part of his professorial makeup.
From physics and the philosophy of physics to philosophy, abstract and actual, was conveyed with Socratic thoroughness – where questions were finely debated to arrive at the truth of a conclusion. The good professor patiently guided his students along the paths of reason and rationality. These......