Waves and Oscillations in Nature: An Introduction By A Satya Narayanan, Swapan K Saha CRC Press – 2015 – 544 pages About this Book: Waves and oscillations are found in large scales (galactic) and microscopic scales (neutrino) in nature. Their dynamics and behavior heavily depend on the type of medium through which they propagate. Waves…
High Resolution Imaging: Detectors and Applications Swapan K. Saha Pan Stanford – 2015 – 600 pages 9789814613279 About this Book: Interferometric observations need snapshots of very high time resolution of the order of (i) frame integration of about 100 Hz or (ii) photon-recording rates of several megahertz (MHz). Detectors play a key role in astronomical…
Worlds Beyond Our Own: The Search for Habitable Planets Series: Astronomers’ Universe Sengupta, Sujan 2015, XVI, 154 p. 29 illus., 24 illus. in color. ISBN 978-3-319-09894-4 About this book Presents the essential conditions required for the formation and evolution of life and on which planets these may be met Provides an understanding of how…
The Best Poster Award The Best Poster Award for the year 2015 by Astronomical Society of India has been awarded to Ms. Supriya, H.D., Mr. Vaibhav Pant & Prasanna Deshmukh to the following disciplines, on the 33rd meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) hosted by the NCRA, Pune during Feb. 17-20, 2015. Sun and…
The K D Abhyankar Best thesis presentation award, for the year 2015 by Astronomical Society of India has been awarded to Dr. S.Krishna Prasad and Dr.Prashant Mohan on the 33rd meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) hosted by the NCRA, Pune during Feb. 17-20, 2015. Congratulations to Dr. S.Krishna Prasad and Dr.Prashant Mohan…
Justice Oak Award for Outstanding Thesis in Astronomy The Justice Oak award for the best thesis, for the year 2014 by Astronomical Society of India has been awarded to Dr. Vemareddy Panditi, (INSPIRE faculty) on the 33rd meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) hosted by the NCRA, Pune during Feb. 17-20, 2015. Congratulations to…
Prof. Sujan Sengupta, IIA has written a book on “Worlds Beyond Our Own” and Springer has published the book recently. Read More:
Dear Colleagues, All research papers from Nature will be made free to read in a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed or downloaded, the journal’s publisher Macmillan announced on 2 December. Nature makes all articles free to view Investigations launched into artificial tracheas Bullet-proof armour and hydrogen sieve add to graphene’s promise The…
Dear Colleagues, IOP Publishing congratulates scientists Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura on becoming the latest Nobel prize laureates for their invention of “efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources. ” In recognition of Akasaki, Amano and Nakamura’s landmark achievements, we are making a collection of breakthrough…
