Posted in Science on January 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Who doesn’t love biographies of great scientists??
But, unfortunately, it is only a handful of scientists who capture the imagination of the public. And it is their biographies which sell like hot-cakes. Here, I list some non-so-well known biographies which I really liked..
“Chandra” by Kameshwar Wali is one of the most inspiring books that I have [...]
Posted in Science on January 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Sowmya has the latest edition of the Scian Melt . It is a nicely categorised collection of links to posts on science. And, The next melt is still up for grabs…mail Selva if u r interested.
Posted in Astronomy on January 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
To add to his numerous other discoveries, here is a new Supernova to Vishnu’s credit!! This is a very bright one! .. 14.3 mag. This is roughly the brightness of Pluto(I mean the apparent brightness, as seen from earth) Such bright ones are pretty rare. Here is the page from Smithsonian which lists recent supernova [...]
Posted in Physics on January 10, 2006 | 1 Comment »
There are quite a few interesting articles on Einstein’s work in the Current Science Special on Einstein.
I noticed this thanks to Woit. Contributors include David Gross(Nobel ‘04),Atiyah(Fields ‘66 ,Abel ‘03),Ashoke Sen,Ashtekar,Narlikar amongst others.
T Jayaraman of IMSc has an article on Einstein’s Political Thoughts! .
I havent read any of these articles in detail..So, no [...]
Posted in Physics on January 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I had earlier made a post about Clifford’s post on the “Greatest Physics Paper”.
It is always fun to talk about history of physics and this thread certainly served that purpose. I also thought that Clifford had intended to have a debate and then run away…
But, surprisingly, he has come back to the post and [...]
Posted in Blogs, Physics on January 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Physics year is now a thing of the past. And quantum diaries , a project where numerous physicists from around the world blog about their daily lives and physics, has also reached its target lifetime of one year. A review of the past one year’s experience (by the Editor,QD) can be found in the [...]
Posted in Astronomy on January 4, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Amateur Astronomers are a rare breed in India. This might be due to a variety of reasons. The primary reason is probably the reasonable financial commitment involved in this hobby. Ofcourse, small pockets of enthusiastic amateurs exist. But when compared with countries like the US, the numbers here are much lesser. There aren’t many telescope [...]
Posted in Physics, Science on December 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Prof. AK Raychoudhri, one of the doyens of the Indian Physics Community, passed away in June 2005. He is probably one of the most under-recognised scientists of his time. Frankly, I had not heard about him till I learnt some Gen.Relativity. The famous “Raychoudhry Equation” is a crucial tool to understanding GR and played an [...]
Posted in Indian Politics, Science on December 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
shA horrendous attack in the IISc campus has led to the death of a retired IIT Delhi Prof. I did not know about the attack till Friday afternoon, as I was travelling by train. I was shell shocked to see the front page of Hindu carry a pic with blood in the IISc campus. Abi, [...]
Posted in Science on November 8, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
This Sunday, CBS carried Neil’s interview. Must be one of his very few TV appearences…
Here are a few excerpts
I just don’t deserve it [the attention for being the first man on the Moon] I wasn’t chosen to be first…I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. [...]
