Astronomy in India: A Historical Perspective (eBook)

Thanu Padmanabhan (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF
2014 | 2014
X, 152 Seiten
Springer India (Verlag)
978-81-8489-998-6 (ISBN)

Lese- und Medienproben

Astronomy in India: A Historical Perspective -
Systemvoraussetzungen
96,29 inkl. MwSt
  • Download sofort lieferbar
  • Zahlungsarten anzeigen

India has a strong and ancient tradition of astronomy, which seamlessly merges with the current activities in Astronomy and Astrophysics in the country. While the younger generation of astronomers and students are reasonably familiar with the current facilities and the astronomical research, they might not have an equally good knowledge of the rich history of Indian astronomy. This particular volume, brought out as a part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Indian National Science Academy, concentrates on selected aspects of historical development of Indian astronomy in the form of six invited chapters. Two of the chapters - by Balachandra Rao and M.S. Sriram - cover ancient astronomy and the development of calculus in the ancient Kerela text Yuktibhasa. The other four chapters by B.V. Sreekantan, Siraj Hasan, Govind Swarup and Jayant Narlikar deal with the contemporary history of Indian astronomy covering space astronomy, optical astronomy, radio astronomy and developments in relativistic astrophysics. These chapters, written by experts in the field, provide an in-depth study of the subject and make this volume quite unique.



Thanu Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor and Dean of Core Academic Programmes at IUCAA, Pune, is a world renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist, who has authored over 200 research papers and nine books including six graduate-level textbooks published by the Cambridge University Press. His research work has won prizes from the Gravity Research Foundation (USA) five times including the First Prize in 2008. An elected Fellow of all the three Academies of Science in India, he is currently the President of the Cosmology Commission of the International Astronomical Union and was a Sackler Distinguished Astronomer of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. He has won numerous awards including Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (CSIR), The Millennium Medal (CSIR), G.D. Birla Award, INSA Vainu-Bappu Medal, Al-Khwarizmi International Award, and the Miegunah Fellowship of University of Melbourne. He received the Padma Shri, the medal of honour from the President of India, in recognition of his achievements in 2007
India has a strong and ancient tradition of astronomy, which seamlessly merges with the current activities in Astronomy and Astrophysics in the country. While the younger generation of astronomers and students are reasonably familiar with the current facilities and the astronomical research, they might not have an equally good knowledge of the rich history of Indian astronomy. This particular volume, brought out as a part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Indian National Science Academy, concentrates on selected aspects of historical development of Indian astronomy in the form of six invited chapters. Two of the chapters - by Balachandra Rao and M.S. Sriram - cover ancient astronomy and the development of calculus in the ancient Kerela text Yuktibhasa. The other four chapters by B.V. Sreekantan, Siraj Hasan, Govind Swarup and Jayant Narlikar deal with the contemporary history of Indian astronomy covering space astronomy, optical astronomy, radio astronomy and developments in relativistic astrophysics. These chapters, written by experts in the field, provide an in-depth study of the subject and make this volume quite unique.

Thanu Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor and Dean of Core Academic Programmes at IUCAA, Pune, is a world renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist, who has authored over 200 research papers and nine books including six graduate-level textbooks published by the Cambridge University Press. His research work has won prizes from the Gravity Research Foundation (USA) five times including the First Prize in 2008. An elected Fellow of all the three Academies of Science in India, he is currently the President of the Cosmology Commission of the International Astronomical Union and was a Sackler Distinguished Astronomer of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. He has won numerous awards including Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (CSIR), The Millennium Medal (CSIR), G.D. Birla Award, INSA Vainu-Bappu Medal, Al-Khwarizmi International Award, and the Miegunah Fellowship of University of Melbourne. He received the Padma Shri, the medal of honour from the President of India, in recognition of his achievements in 2007

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.8.2014
Zusatzinfo X, 152 p. 37 illus.
Verlagsort New Delhi
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Weltraum / Astronomie
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Technik
Schlagworte Astronomy • Historical dev. of Calculu • Radioastronomy • space astronomy • Yuktibhasa
ISBN-10 81-8489-998-X / 818489998X
ISBN-13 978-81-8489-998-6 / 9788184899986
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
PDFPDF (Wasserzeichen)
Größe: 32,6 MB

DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
Dieses eBook enthält ein digitales Wasser­zeichen und ist damit für Sie persona­lisiert. Bei einer missbräuch­lichen Weiter­gabe des eBooks an Dritte ist eine Rück­ver­folgung an die Quelle möglich.

Dateiformat: PDF (Portable Document Format)
Mit einem festen Seiten­layout eignet sich die PDF besonders für Fach­bücher mit Spalten, Tabellen und Abbild­ungen. Eine PDF kann auf fast allen Geräten ange­zeigt werden, ist aber für kleine Displays (Smart­phone, eReader) nur einge­schränkt geeignet.

Systemvoraussetzungen:
PC/Mac: Mit einem PC oder Mac können Sie dieses eBook lesen. Sie benötigen dafür einen PDF-Viewer - z.B. den Adobe Reader oder Adobe Digital Editions.
eReader: Dieses eBook kann mit (fast) allen eBook-Readern gelesen werden. Mit dem amazon-Kindle ist es aber nicht kompatibel.
Smartphone/Tablet: Egal ob Apple oder Android, dieses eBook können Sie lesen. Sie benötigen dafür einen PDF-Viewer - z.B. die kostenlose Adobe Digital Editions-App.

Zusätzliches Feature: Online Lesen
Dieses eBook können Sie zusätzlich zum Download auch online im Webbrowser lesen.

Buying eBooks from abroad
For tax law reasons we can sell eBooks just within Germany and Switzerland. Regrettably we cannot fulfill eBook-orders from other countries.

Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
Sonne, Mond und Sterne im Jahreslauf - mit Astrokalender für …

von Hans-Ulrich Keller

eBook Download (2023)
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG
16,99
Das Jahrbuch für Amateurastronomen - mit umfangreichem Astrokalender …

von Hans Roth

eBook Download (2023)
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG
29,99
Perspektiven auf die Menschheit

von Neil deGrasse Tyson

eBook Download (2024)
Klett-Cotta (Verlag)
19,99