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Jayant V Narlikar
About the AuthorJayant V Narlikar
The writer, a renowned astrophysicist, is professor emeritus at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune University. He was Cambridge University�??s Senior Wrangler in Maths in 1959.
    One should not be aggressive in speaking against a superstition: if you do so the person will hold on to it more tightly! A tactful approach is likely to be more effective.Opinion
    Our society is ridden with superstition

    In India our special feature seems to be to import superstitions that originated elsewhere and improve on them.

    8 Dec 2018 1:54 AM

    Sir Isaac Newton (Photo: www.anglotopia.net)Opinion
    Chaos, catastrophe and mathematics

    Chaos as a subject, as a part of mathematics tries to probe apparent chaotic conditions so as to find the underlying...

    15 Sept 2018 6:33 PM

    Cambridge University (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Abolishing merit ranking a good idea

    If you pause and think a bit you will appreciate how difficult it is to attain the honour of the wooden spoon.

    5 July 2018 12:48 AM

    The Centre is keen to get the transgenders bill, which has already been introduced in Lok Sabha, passed in this session. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    No work but full pay' defies all logic

    The Prefect could no longer control the mob and a loud bell tolled to announce that the session was adjourned till the...

    24 May 2018 8:58 PM

    February 28 is celebrated in India as the National Science Day (NSD). The date itself pays tribute to the discovery of Raman Effect which brought a Nobel Prize to C.V. Raman.Opinion
    The many joys of learning science

    Famous scientist Michael Faraday had realised the importance of practicals in teaching science and stressed on it.

    23 April 2018 7:03 PM

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    Time is money: Why must we waste it?

    Bhaskaracharya has been credited with highly readable texts in mathematics and astronomy.

    30 Jan 2018 8:00 PM

    Representational ImageOpinion
    Time and its unidirectional flow

    Getting down from the train we went to read the ad and figure out its significance if any.

    11 Dec 2017 11:23 PM

    Astronomers could detect a more bizarre system: a pair of black holes going around each other! (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    There's nothing absolute about time

    As the shrinking star approaches the state of a black hole, its environment encounters stronger effect of its...

    28 Sept 2017 12:42 AM

    Theyre tickboxersOpinion
    When scientists are irrational

    Despite professing to be scientists many of them are subject to superstitions and beliefs in miracles performed by...

    19 July 2017 8:49 PM

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    Help those in need, but avoid quotas

    The affirmative action required should improve their capabilities as well as respect their self-confidence.

    4 July 2017 12:13 AM

    The Hunt for Vulcan By Thomas Levenson Random House, Rs 1,840.Books
    Some exciting glimpses of the cosmos and beyond

    So the author describes how anomalies in the motion of planet Uranus were a cause of worry.

    8 Jun 2017 9:18 PM

    (Photo: Pixabay)Opinion
    TV sets in the cosmos?

    In science the tradition has been to advance physical theories and check their predictions against a suitable test.

    13 April 2017 9:52 PM

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