Rupam Islam (Born 25 January 1974) is the lead singer of the band Fossils.

Contents  [hide] 1 Early life 2 Fossils 3 Other media 4 Discography 5 References 6 External links

[edit]Early life

Born in a musical family, Rupam got his first lessons in music from his parents, Late Nurul and Late Chhandita Islam. His first stage performance was at the age of 4, with his parents' choir group "Jhonkar Shilpi Goshthi" ^[1]. He started performing at Akashvani Kolkata from a very early age ^[2]. He graduated from Ashutosh College , a constituent college of the prestigious University of Calcutta, with honors in English, and became a school teacher at Taki Boys Mulitipurpose School.

Having been trained in Indian classical music, Rupam released his first solo album, in 1998 from HMV entitled "Tor Bhorshate". The same album with a different title "Neel Rong Chilo Bhishon Priyo" was re-released by HMV in 2003.Due to the constant demand of this album even after 10 years Saragama HMV re-released this album with a fresh new look in 2007.

[edit]Fossils

In 1998, he formed his own band, Fossils (band) in the city of Kolkata. As of 2009 Fossils has released five albums (4 audio & 1 video album). All 4 albums, created some sort of a record by remaining amongst the most sold albums, in all the leading stores of Kolkata. Rupam is the lyricist, music composer and the lead vocalist of Fossils.

Apart from working with Fossils, Rupam also has his own solo and duo projects. A duo album called “RnB’ (Rupam and Bumpy) was released in 2007. This too went onto become a chart buster at all leading music stores.It was the most sold album of 2007 as per sales according to the Radio Mirchi year end survey. Rupam does solo compositions of title songs, for various TV Programs, Films and ad jingles on a regular basis.

[edit]Other media

He has also anchored several TV musical and chat shows. In 2006, Rupam released his book of songs entitled "Epitaph", which too went on to become one of the most sought after books in the 2006 Kolkata Book Fair.

In 2007, Rupam joined Ananda Bazar Patrika’s FM Radio Channel Friends 91.9 FM as one of the 5 celebrity RJs of the station. Every Sunday he has an exclusive show called "Rupam on the Rocks" from 10pm to 12 midnight^[3].

Apart from being a singer, writer, composer, he moved to directing, directing his own music video, and also writes a special column for the youth magazine Unish Kuri.

Rupam is now making his debut in Hindi playback in Vishesh Films' JANNAT, directed by Kunal Deshmukh, where he has sung for popular composer Pritam Chakraborty.

Rupam has done the maximum number of playback singing for films among all the band singers. Some of them being : Piyalir Password, Cholo Lets Go, Kanchan Babu, Jiyo Kaka, Olotpalot etc.

Rupam has written two books so far. The first one 'EPITAPH' released in 2006 and the second one 'Rupam on the Rocks' released from Ananda Publishers in 2009

Rupam recently married his long time friend Rupsha Dasgupta . They have together directed a couple of music videos.

[edit]Discography

• Tor Bhorshatey (1998 / HMV) Re-released as Neel Rong Chilo Bhishon Priyo (2003 / HMV).
• Fossils (2002 / Asha Audio)
• Fossils 2 (2004 / Asha Audio)
• Mission F (2006 / Asha Audio)
• Rupam n Bumpy (2007 / UD Series)
• Epitaph (Aahir)
• Aupodartho (2007 / Asha Audio)
• Rupam on the Rocks(2009)ananda publisher
• Fossils 3 (2009 / Asha Audio)

Rupam Islam
Background information
Born	January 25, 1974 (age 36)
Origin	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Genres	Bangla Rock , Adhunik Bengali Songs
Years active	1998 - present
Associated acts	Singer, Songwriter
Website	http://www.rupamislam.com/

Sir Isaac Newton FRS (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727])^[1] was an English physicist,mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is considered by many scholars and members of the general public to be one of the most influential men in human history. His 1687 publication of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (usually called the Principia) is considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earthand of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the scientific revolution.

Newton also built the first practical reflecting telescope^[7] and developed a theory of colour based on the observation that a prismdecomposes white light into the many colours that form the visible spectrum. He also formulated an empirical law of cooling and studied the speed of sound.

In mathematics, Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of the differential and integral calculus. He also demonstrated the generalised binomial theorem, developed the so-called "Newton's method" for approximating the zeroes of a function, and contributed to the study of power series.

Newton remains influential to scientists, as demonstrated by a 2005 survey of members of Britain's Royal Society asking who had the greater effect on the history of science and had the greater contribution to humankind, Newton or Albert Einstein. Royal Society scientists deemed Newton to have made the greater overall contribution on both.^[8]

Newton was also highly religious, though an unorthodox Christian, writing more on Biblical hermeneutics and occult studies than the natural science for which he is remembered today.

Albert Einstein (pronounced /ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn/; German: [ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n]  ( listen); 14 March 1879–18 April 1955) was atheoretical physicist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time. His many contributions to physics include the special and general theories of relativity, the founding of relativistic cosmology, the first post-Newtonian expansion, explaining the perihelion advance of Mercury, prediction of the deflection of light by gravity and gravitational lensing, the first fluctuation dissipation theorem which explained the Brownian movement of molecules, the photon theory and wave-particle duality, the quantum theory of atomic motion in solids, the zero-point energy concept, the semiclassical version of the Schrödinger equation, and the quantum theory of a monatomic gas which predicted Bose–Einstein condensation.

Einstein is best known for his theories of special relativity and general relativity. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.”

Einstein published more than 300 scientific and over 150 non-scientific works. He is often regarded as the father of modern physics.

Galileo Galilei (Italian pronunciation: [galiˈlɛo galiˈlɛi]; 15 February 1564^[4] – 8 January 1642)^[1][5] was an Italian physicist, mathematician,astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to thetelescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy,"^[6] the "father of modern physics,"^[7] the "father of science,"^[7] and "the Father of Modern Science."^[8] Stephen Hawking says, "Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science."^[9]

The motion of uniformly accelerated objects, taught in nearly all high school and introductory college physics courses, was studied by Galileo as the subject of kinematics. His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter (named the Galilean moons in his honour), and the observation and analysis ofsunspots. Galileo also worked in applied science and technology, improving compass design.

Galileo's championing of Copernicanism was controversial within his lifetime, when a large majority of philosophers and astronomers still subscribed (at least outwardly) to the geocentric view that the Earth is at the centre of the universe. After 1610, when he began publicly supporting the heliocentric view, which placed the Sun at the centre of the universe, he met with bitter opposition from some philosophers and clerics, and two of the latter eventually denounced him to the Roman Inquisition early in 1615. Although he was cleared of any offence at that time, the Catholic Church nevertheless condemned heliocentrism as "false and contrary to Scripture" in February 1616,^[10] and Galileo was warned to abandon his support for it—which he promised to do. When he later defended his views in his most famous work,Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in 1632, he was tried by the Inquisition, found "vehemently suspect of heresy," forced to recant, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.^[1]

Copernicus' epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), published just before his death in 1543, is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining epiphany that began the scientific revolution. His heliocentric model, with the Sun at the center of the universe, demonstrated that the observed motions of celestial objects can be explained without putting Earth at rest in the center of the universe. His work stimulated further scientific investigations, becoming alandmark in the history of science that is often referred to as the Copernican Revolution.

Among the great polymaths of the Renaissance, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, physician, quadrilingual polyglot,classical scholar, translator, artist,^[2] Catholic cleric, jurist, governor, military leader, diplomat and economist. Among his many responsibilities, astronomy figured as little more than an avocation — yet it was in that field that he made his mark upon the world.

                          

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni^[1] (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.

Michelangelo's output in every field during his long life was prodigious; when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, were sculpted before he turned thirty. Despite his low opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential works in frescoin the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. As an architect, Michelangelo pioneered the Mannerist style at the Laurentian Library. At 74 he succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of Saint Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo transformed the plan, the western end being finished to Michelangelo's design, the dome being completed after his death with some modification.

In a demonstration of Michelangelo's unique standing, he was the first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive.^[2] Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime; one of them, by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that he was the pinnacle of all artistic achievement since the beginning of the Renaissance, a viewpoint that continued to have currency in art history for centuries. In his lifetime he was also often called Il Divino ("the divine one").^[3] One of the qualities most admired by his contemporaries was his terribilità, a sense of awe-inspiring grandeur, and it was the attempts of subsequent artists to imitate Michelangelo's impassioned and highly personal style that resulted in Mannerism, the next major movement in Western art after the High Renaissance.