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My Respects to Fred Hoyle

Posted on February 2, 2014 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti One of the human weakness is to get carried away with the negatives associated with a human being and not make a balanced assessment of one’s capabilities. Something similar happened to Fred Hoyle, the great astrophysicist. He … Continue reading →

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Mangalyaan – India’s Passage to Mars

Posted on November 30, 2013 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti In the wake of the recent launch of MAVEN, the latest NASA mission to Mars, India’s space program is largely unknown to rest of the world, at least in the popular media.  At the beginning of November, … Continue reading →

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The Higgs Boson, Relativity and Gravity Waves

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics was given to Peter Higgs of the UK and Francois Englert of Belgium for postulating a theory that predicted the Higgs boson. Nicknamed the “God Particle”, the Higgs boson is associated … Continue reading →

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No More Peeping into a Telescope

Posted on October 1, 2013 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti The word “telescope” conjures an image of a long scope with lenses or mirrors and an eyepiece to peep in to see the light collected by the lenses and mirrors. Well, this is the traditional optical telescope, … Continue reading →

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Construction of our Universe

Posted on September 3, 2013 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti The greatest achievement of Cosmology in the last hundred years has been the Big Bang theory. How it was formulated and how it was proved. For most of the time human beings spent on the Earth, … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts From A Novice

Posted on June 12, 2013 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti  The 50th anniversary celebration of AAAP was a unique experience for me.  I enjoyed first the talk by Freeman Dyson on small science by amateurs followed by an interesting group discussion on whether there is anyone … Continue reading →

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The Edge of Physics: A Book Review

Posted on May 6, 2013 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti A Journey to Earth’s Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Anil Ananthaswamy Anil’s book contains different stories relating to physics experiments conducted in different parts of the world, most of them remotely located. Travelling … Continue reading →

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Synopsis: Big Bang by Simon Singh

Posted on April 5, 2013 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti Big Bang is a very comprehensive summary of the physical sciences, leading to astronomy and eventually to cosmology. This is by far the best book from Simon Singh. A well articulated story starting from the ancient Greeks … Continue reading →

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