Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan His LIFE and WORK

Aperture Synthesis: Methods and Applications to Optical Astronomy Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library Saha, Swapan Kumar 1st Edition., 2011, XXIV, 468 p. 185 illus. ISBN 978-1-4419-5709-2 About this textbook:     Discusses the fundamentals of electromagnetic fields, wave optics, interference, diffraction, and imaging extensively     Deals with the fundamentals of stellar interferometry     Includes more than…

An Introduction to Waves and Oscillations in the Sun Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library A. Satya Narayanan, 2013, XII, 222 p. 62 illus. ISBN 978-1-4614-4400-8 About this book Presents the theoretical studies pertaining to the wave motions and vibrations of the Sun Presents the observational signatures of oscillations, as well as simulation results and nonlinear…

Principles of Stellar Interferometry, Andreas Glindemann (Springer, Heildelberg), 2011, pp. 342, ISBN 978-3-642-15027-2 Reviewed By Virginia Trimble discusses about Prof.S.K.Saha’s following book, Aperture Synthesis: Methods and Applications to Optical Astronomy Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library Saha, Swapan Kumar 1st Edition., 2011, XXIV, 468 p. 185 illus. ISBN 978-1-4419-5709-2                                      Saha Read More….

A World Class Scientist and His Work Shobhit Mahajan KARIAMANIKKAM SRINIVASA KRISHNAN: HIS LIFE AND WORK By D.C.V. Mallik & S. Chatterjee University Press, Hyderabad, 2012, pp. 461, Rs. 895.00 One of the curious paradoxes of the sociology of science concerns the flowering of world class science in India in the early decades of the…

Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan His LIFE and WORK by  D C V Mallik and S Chatterje, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru University Press (India) Pvt Ltd, 2012 A fascinating biography written in excellent English with a touch of humour and mischief and a great detail of the scientific work of Dr. K S Krishnan………. Read More……..

Review Author Shohini Ghose is herself Professor of Physics and Computer Science at Wilfred Laurier University in Canada, and has been active in women-in-science issues for some time. Here she addresses seven topics in the recent history of physics, astronomy, cosmology, and such, focussing on contributions by women to our present understanding. You will find…