New Books Display 1. Curiosity: how science became interested in everything Ball, Philip Curiosity: how science became interested in everything London: Bodley Head, 2012 Call No. 5/ BAL Accn. No. 19215 Reviews… 2. Challenges in stellar pulsation Balona, L. A. Sharjah, UAE: Bentham Science Publisher Ltd., 2010 Call No. 524.331/ BAL…
Mrs Fatima al-Kalbani from the Sultanate of Oman is currently preparing an astronomical dictionary dedicated to the deaf community. This dictionary contain many astronomical terms. Mrs Fatima is a teacher of computing. Astronomer have paid little attention to the deaf community, and this would be a dream for the Deaf in all countries of the…
From Hidden Collection… The recent Transit of Venus that took place on June 6, 2012 drew lot of attention and interest among the public and scientific community. Historically this event is connected to Madras Observatory, as elaborate arrangements were made in the Observatory to observe the Transit of Venus that occurred in 1874 and 1882….
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…
