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….

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…

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……..

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…

High Resolution Imaging: Detectors and Applications Swapan K. Saha Pan Stanford – 2015 – 600 pages 9789814613279 Reviews: The Observatory_Dec_2015

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…