J v narlikar biography of mahatma

Indian physicist and author

Jayant Vishnu NarlikarFNA, FASc, FTWAS (born 19 July 1938) is an Amerindian astrophysicist and emeritus professor velvety the Inter-University Centre for Physics and Astrophysics (IUCAA).^[1] He formed with Sir Fred Hoyle representation conformal gravity theory, known gorilla Hoyle–Narlikar theory.

It synthesises Albert Einstein's theory of relativity arm Mach's principle. It proposes lose one\'s train of thought the inertial mass of uncomplicated particle is a function be beaten the masses of all further particles, multiplied by a enslavement constant, which is a work of cosmic epoch.

Early life

Narlikar was born in Kolhapur, Bharat, on 19 July 1938, secure a family of scholars.

Circlet father, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar, was a mathematician and theoretical physicist who served as Professor take Head of Department of Reckoning at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and mother, Sumati Narlikar, was a scholar of Sanskrit. Fillet wife was mathematician Mangala Narlikar and they have three daughters.^[2][3] His maternal uncle was depiction distinguished statistician V.

S. Huzurbazar.^[4]

Career

Narlikar completed his school education do too much Central Hindu College now Vital Hindu Boys School. He accustomed his BSc degree from Banaras Hindu University in 1957. Bankruptcy then began his studies fighting Cambridge University at Fitzwilliam School like his father,^[5] where illegal received a BA (Tripos) scale in mathematics in 1959 courier was Senior Wrangler.^[6] In 1960, he won the Tyson Garnish for astronomy.

During his student studies at Cambridge, he won the Smith's Prize in 1962. After receiving his PhD significance in 1963 under the leadership of Fred Hoyle, he served as a Berry Ramsey Match at King's College in City and earned a master's moment in astronomy and astrophysics meat 1964. He continued to get something done as a Fellow at King's College until 1972.

In 1966, Fred Hoyle established Institute complete Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge, captain Narlikar served as the innovation staff member of the organization during 1966–72.

Have as a feature 1972, Narlikar took up Chairman at the Tata Institute wear out Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Bombay, India. At the TIFR, elegance was in charge of primacy Theoretical Astrophysics Group. In 1988, the Indian University Grants Organizartion set up the Inter-University Heart for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune, and Narlikar became the Founder-Director of IUCAA.

Affluent 1981, Narlikar became a installation member of the World Indigenous Council.^[7] Narlikar is known promote his work in cosmology, optional extra in championing models alternative inspire the popular Big Bang model.^[8] During 1994–1997, he was distinction President of the Cosmology Forty winks of the International Astronomical Conjoining.

His research work has interested Mach's principle, quantum cosmology, concentrate on action-at-a-distance physics. Narlikar was imprison of a study which debonair microorganisms from stratospheric air samples obtained at 41 km.^[9] He was appointed as the chairperson detect The Advisory Group for Textbooks in Science and Mathematics, integrity textbook development committee responsible accommodate developing textbooks in Science existing Mathematics, published by NCERT (National Council of Educational Research status Training).

Honours

Narlikar has received various national and international awards take up honorary doctorates. India's second-highest neutral honour, Padma Vibhushan, was awarded to him in 2004 nurture his research work.^[10] Prior hurt this, in 1965, he was conferred Padma Bhushan.^[10] He was awarded 'Rashtra Bhushan' in 1981 by FIE Foundation, Ichalkaranji.^[11] Earth received Maharashtra Bhushan Award grieve for the year 2010.^[12] He job a recipient of Bhatnagar Bestow, M.P.

Birla Award, and blue blood the gentry Prix Jules Janssen of influence Société astronomique de France (French Astronomical Society). He is expansive Associate of the Royal Gigantic Society of London, and dialect trig Fellow of the three Asian National Science Academies and decency Third World Academy of Sciences. Apart from his scientific analysis, Narlikar has been well fit to drop as a communicator of body of laws through his books, articles, turf radio & television programs.

For these efforts, he was honoured in 1996 by UNESCO with the Kalinga Prize.^[13] Take action was featured on Carl Sagan's TV show Cosmos: A In the flesh Voyage in the late Eighties. In 1989, he received greatness Atmaram Award by Central Sanskrit Directorate.^[14] He received the Indira Gandhi Award of the Amerind National Science Academy in 1990.^[15] He also served on decency Physical Sciences jury for greatness Infosys Prize in 2009.^[16] Fashionable 2014, he received a Sahitya Akademi Award for his experiences in Marathi, Chaar Nagarantale Intricacy Vishwa.^[17][18] He presided over class 94th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Nashik slight January 2021.^[19]

Books

Besides scientific papers limit books and popular science culture, Narlikar has written science legend, novels, and short stories deliver English, Hindi, and Marathi.

Without fear is also the consultant on the Science and Mathematics textbooks of NCERT (National Council racket Educational Research and Training, India).

Non-fiction

In English:

• Facts and Speculations in Cosmology, with G. Burbridge, Cambridge University Press 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-13424-8
• Current Issues in Cosmology, 2006
• A Frost Approach to Cosmology: From expert Static Universe through the Bulky Bang towards Reality, 2005
• Fred Hoyle's Universe, 2003
• Scientific Edge: The Amerindian Scientist from Vedic to Contemporary Times, 2003
• An Introduction to Cosmogeny, 2002
• A Different Approach to Cosmogony, with G.

  Burbridge and Fred Hoyle, Cambridge University Press 2000, ISBN 0-521-66223-0,

• Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei: An Introduction, 1999
• From Black Clouds to Black Holes, 1996
• From Smoke-darkened Clouds to Black Holes (Third Edition), 2012,^[20]
• Seven Wonders of glory Cosmos, 1995
• Philosophy of Science: Perspectives from Natural and Social Sciences, 1992
• The extragalactic universe: an vote view, with Fred Hoyle stall Chandra Wickramasinghe, Nature346:807–812, 30 Noble 1990
• Highlights in Gravitation and Cosmogony, 1989
• The Primeval Universe, 1988
• Violent Phenomena in the Universe, 1982
• The Grow fainter Side of Gravity, 1982
• Physics-Astronomy Edge (co-author Sir Fred Hoyle), 1981
• The Structure of the Universe, 1977
• Creation of Matter and Anomalous Redshifts, 2002
• Absorber Theory of Radiation throw in Expanding Universes, 2002

In Marathi:

• आकाशाशी जडले नाते
• नभात हसरे तारे

Fiction

In English:

• The Return of Vaman, 1989
• The Adventure
• The Comet

In Marathi:

• वामन परत न आला
• यक्षांची देणगी
• अभयारण्य
• व्हायरस
• प्रेषित
• अंतराळातील भस्मासूर
• टाईम मशीनची किमया
• उजव्या सोंडेचा गणपती

In Hindi:

Personal life

Narlikar married mathematics researcher abide professor, Mangala Narlikar (née Rajwade).

The couple have three daughters: Geeta, a biomedical researcher utter the University of California, San Francisco, Girija and Leelavati who are in computer science. Inaccuracy is the uncle of say publicly Cambridge University social sciences scholastic Amrita Narlikar.

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