History of Science in India - Physics, Mathematics & Statistics

Language: English
Pages: 301 (7 B/W Illustrations)



About the Authors


Dr. Sibaji Raha Sibaji Raha was born in Calcutta in 1954, got his B.Sc. (Honours) degree from Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, Master of Science from the University of Delaware and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. In Kolkata, he has served at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and is now at Bose Institute. His interests straddle many sub-branches of Physics, j including nuclear and particle physics, astroparticle physics, astrophysics & cosmology, non-linear and quantum field theory and lately, atmospheric physics. He has spent almost 20 years in various stretches in USA, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil and Japan, studying, teaching and researching physics, in addition to numerous short-term visits to several other countries. This wide exposure has instilled in him a passionate interest in the history of science and popularisation of science. He remains a lifelong student of physical sciences, steadily pursuing uncharted territories, which has given him not many awards but enumerable rewards.

Dr. Bikash Sinha Dr. Bikash Sinha Born June 16, 1945. formerly Director, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Department of Atomic Energy, Sector-I, Block-AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata 700064 and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics. Bikash Sinha obtained BSc. (1964) from Calcutta University, BA (1967) from (Cambridge) and (Ma) (Natural Science) ( 1968) Ph. D. (1970) from (London University DSc (1981) and also from London University and Ph. D.(hc) from National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine(2005). He was Senior Research Fellow in King's College. Academic and Research Achievements Sinha's early research field was in nuclear physics, specifically in the nuclear optical model and nu