Antarikashacha Vedh By Sudha Risbud

या विश्वाच्या अथांग सागराच्या किनाNयावर आपल्या पाऊलखुणा उमटवत माणसाने आपला प्रवास सुरू केला अन् त्याच प्रवासात त्याला ह्या विश्वाचे रहस्य खुणावू लागले.... विश्वसागराची गाज बोलवू लागली. आपल्या पाऊलखुणांचा मागोवा घेण्यासाठी त्याने ह्या सागरात आपले पाय हळूच भिजवले, तेव्हा त्याला त्याच्या गतकाळाची, इतिहासाची साद ऐवूÂ आली. ही साद ऐकत असताना त्याने जो प्रवास सुरू केला, त्यात त्याला एक साथीदार गवसला... मित्र मिळाला... हा मित्र कसा आहे? मित्र जसा असावा तसा आहे! खNयाला खरे म्हणणारा अन् खोट्याला खोटे! धर्म, जातपात, भाषा, राष्ट्र, अधिकार, मान-सन्मान, स्थान ह्या कशाकशाचीही पर्वा न करणारा, केवळ सत्य तेच सांगणारा अन् सांगता सांगता, माणसाच्या बोटाला धरून पुढे नेणारा... . "SCIENCE IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. IT NEVER ENDS." DR. CARL SAGAM. MAN STARTED HIS JOURNEY IN THIS WORLD, HE EXPLORED SEAS, MOUNTAINS, OCEANS, LANDFORMS, HE EXPLORED EVERYTHING THAT HE CAME ACROSS. HE WAS EAGER TO FIND OUT THE SECRET OF THIS UNIVERSE, THE UNIVERSE WAS CALLING HIM. VERY SLOWLY, BUT FIRMLY, HE LANDED IN IT, THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN HE COULD HEAR THE SOFT CALL FROM THE PAST, FROM THE HISTORY. DURING HIS EXPEDITION, HE FOUND A TRUE FRIEND, A FRIEND WHO WOULD NOT LEAVE HIS SIDE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, A FRIEND WHO WOULD ACCOMPANY HIM ON ANY DANGEROUS VOYAGE, A FRIEND WHO WOULD NOT HESITATE TO IDENTIFY THE TRUTH APART FROM THE FALSITY, A FRIEND WHO WOULD SEE BEYOND CASTE, RELIGION, LANGUAGE, NATION, RIGHTS, FELICITATIONS, POWER. A TRUE BELIEVER OF TRUTH. THIS FRIEND HELD THE HANDS OF MAN AND MADE HIM WALK ON THE PATH OF TRUTH, MARCHING FORWARD TOWARDS THE SPACE. THIS FRIEND WAS SCIENCE. AS WE KNOW, THE SPACE IS BOUNDLESS AND SO IS THE SCIENCE. THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO BOTH OF THESE. THE MORE WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEM, THE LESS WE COME TO KNOW THEM. THE MORE CLOSE WE ARE TO THEM, THE MORE DEAR THEY ARE TO US. TODAY, WHEN WE ARE EXPLORING THE SPACE MORE AND MORE, OUR FRIEND, THE SCIENCE IS CONTINUOUSLY WITH US, NOT EVEN FOR A SINGLE MOMENT IT HAS REMAINED ALOOF. THROUGH EXPLORING THE SPACE, MAN IS GETTING CLOSER TO KNOW HIMSELF. THIS BOOK IS AN HONEST ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE THE JOURNEY AND MEASURES OF HAPPINESS DURING IT.