Oaktwon Publications
Oaktwon Publications
Our Books:
1.Tagore's Eleven (Ten Poems and one song of Rabidranath Tagore).
Free translations by Shafi Ahmed (1985). Rabindranath Tagore from Bengal
(India) was the literature Nobel Laureate in 1913.The poems are translated in rhyme and rythm
from Tagore's Masterpieces such as: Nirjharer Shapnabhanga, Sonar Tari, Mansh-Shundari, Bashundhara,
Abehdan, Urboshee, Ratreh-o-Pravateh, Shapna, Shajahan, Balaakaa and the song Hey Nuton.
ISBN 0 948331 003 Paperback. 51 pages. Price £4-00
See the poem The Phantom Boat (Sonar Tari) on web as sample.
2. Fermat's Last Theorem Proved and Award Offered For Refutation.
A mathematical treatise by Shafi Ahmed(1990) with supplement in 1994.
ISBN 0948331 054, 26 pages paperback main book and supplement 16 pages.
Price £8-95.
See Extract from book for a condensed Proof of FLT on web.
3. Fermat's last Theorem: New Simple Proof
by Shafi U. Ahmed. ISBN 0 948331 10 0
Paperback about 60 pages. Will be available from March 2001. Price £10-00.
The book in Chapater 4 discusses the
Goldbach conjecture.
See the Simple Proof an extract from the book on the web.
4. WE ARE ALONE
(A simple mathematical model of the Universe, explaining all)
by Shafi U. Ahmed. Paperback about 60 pages.
ISBN 0 948331 15 1 Available from March 2001.
Price £10-00. See "The impossibilty of measurement of velocity of
light" on web on which the model is based with the help of Occam's razor.
5. ISLAMIC CALENDAR: A GLOBAL BLUEPRINT
Paperback ISBN 978-0-948331-01-5 Price £10-00 (UK)
A comprehensive calendar like the Gregorian Calendar which will be accurate with the moon cycles for thousands of years
into the future without having to look at the new moon as the mathematics is perfect. No need to consult websites, Almanacs or sun
/moon conjunction tables. Shows how to synchronise it with the existing Hijri calendar and simply apply it worldwide so that Islamic festivities can be observed everywhere on the globe on the same weekday (but at different local times as suitable)
The 12 Arabic months will have alteranting 30 and 29days and every EVEN year will be leap year with one day added to the last month of the year Zeel Hajj which is normally of 29 days except the even years 6,12,20, 26,34,40 and 48 in a 50 year cycle when the cycle will repeat itself.
The calendar rules are very easy to remember and execute. Note the easy remembrance of 6,8, 6,8, 6, 8 years of interval for the exceptional
even years which are not leap years. The calendar conforms to all existing Islamic practices.
6. LETTERS FROM LONDON: A SELECTION . This book was published in Bangladesh in April 2008 (ISBN 984-300-001-829-0)and contains a selection of 110 interesting letters already published
by two Dhaka Dailies (Daily Star and New Age) over the years 2003-2008. Distributed by Oaktown Publications, London. Price £5.00 P&p Free.
The book covers thought provoking issues of Personal, Bangladesh and Global concerns from an expat.
7. THE FALLACY of VELOCITY of LIGHT, INTELLECTUALISM in ISLAM and OTHER ESSAYS
Paperback 82 pages. ISBN:9780948331039, published
April 2010. Price UK £10-00 (including P&P). The book contains five essays as follows, breaking new ground in existing knowledge and being far ahead of the time.
Essay 1. The Fallacy of Veocity of light. Proves by simple mathematics that it is impossible to measure the velocity of light and that all distances are perforce
a mathematical function of velocity of light. It is shown that the universe is anthropocentric and there is nothing absolute about science or scientific approach. Also Quantum Physics is based on false premises
and it is most likely that sun and the solar system are the only reality in the universe. The stars and everything else in the heavens are mere illusions created by light from the sun falling back from space.
Essay 2. Pythagoras, Diophantus,Fermat and Ahmed. This essay shows that Pythagorean Triples constitute Families like Galois Groups and have similar advantages to demonstrate many interesting mathematical properties of Pytagorean Triples. Also gives
a convincing demonstration of Fermat's claim about his last Theorem, that no integral solution can be found for a Triple with same degree above 2. Very simple 'mathematical demonstration' rather than 'mathematical proof',
because the contradiction only arises when a solution in integers is attempted by trial and error or other bases. If no solution is attempted, theoretically there is no contradiction!
Truly a marvellous and 'remarkable' demonstration'as was claimed by Fermat,
Essay 3.An Islamic Calendar for the World. This is a short summary of the book giving the prescribed Calendar accurate like the Gregorian Calendar and does not need sighting of the new moon for start
of Islamic months. The sighting is taken account of in the formula. The calendar conforms to all Islamic guidelines.
Essay 4.Rabindranath Tagore: Cooling off in the West. It discuses why the Indian Nobel Laureate in Literature (1913) who was
highly popular in English literary circles suddenly became not so popular in the 1920s and later, and how a new appreciation need to come about of his work worldwide.
Essay 5. Intellectualism in Islam ( A Muslim as an Individual). This book is a discourse on how a Muslim intellectual must remain rational at all times and be responsible for his/her
individual actions, as is prescribed in formal prayers and in the Muslim Holy book.Also why a Muslim must seek rational knowledge as part of his nature and remain on the staright path of honesty and righteousness
at all times.How a Muslim must live in harmony with other co-religionists in the modern world and the Global village.
8. SONGS OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Selected and Translated by Shafi U. Ahmed. 125 popular Tagore songs in English are in this book each with its Bengali orginal accompaniment.The translations reflect the syllabic beauty and rhythm of the original songs.
This is Classical hardback book on special art paper with many photographs of Tagore and his family members, and reproduction of many of his handwritten manuscripts and other memorabilia. This is a collector's item published in Bangladesh by Shaitya Prakash, with Introduction
by Professor Kabir Chowdhury, National Professor of Bangladesh. It has 220 pages with hardback binding and jacket. Available from Oaktown Publications as distributor in UK priced at £20-00 (including P&P).