Author: S Ananthanarayanan
Publisher: Penguin/Puffin
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 138
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143335596
Description
Icons brings you the stories of the men and women who have changed the face of India as we know it. By their achievements in their chosen fields, they have provided us with inspiration and encouragement. Each of the ten stories is a revelation of how talent, determination and individual aspiration can make heroes.
Icons from the World of Science brings together the life stories of ten remarkable men whose discoveries and theories changed the course of science in their time.
J C BOSE, whose work on electromagnetic waves anticipated the discovery of wireless telegraphy
SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN, one of mathematics most brilliant minds
C V RAMAN, India’s first Nobel Laureate for science
S N BOSE, based on whose work Einstein developed some of his own theories
MEGHNAD SAHA, who developed a formula to understand how the atmosphere of the sun behaves
S CHANDRASEKHAR, the Noble laureate who anticipated the existence of black holes
HOMI BHABHA, who dreamt of nuclear capability for a newly independent nation
HARGOBIND KHORANA, who started the process of mapping he human genome
E C GEORGE SUDARSHAN, who did path-breaking wok in the field of nuclear physics
JAYANT NARLIKAR, astrophysicist and thinker who made science accessible to the layman
Filled with scientific facts and ideas explained in simple language with diagrams and picture, this book is a must for all those who want to know about some of the brightest stars in the world of science.
Contents
Preface
J C Bose
Srinivasa Ramanujan
C V Raman
S N Bose
Meghnad Saha
S Chandrasekhar
Homi Bhabha
Hargobind Khorana
EC George Sudarshan
Jayant Narlikar