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The Universe

Visions and Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Naresh Dadhich

    1. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophyics, Pune, India

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  2. Ajit Kembhavi

    1. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophyics, Pune, India

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 244)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Observations and Theory

    • Halton Arp
    Pages 1-6

  3. Ejection from Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

    • Halton Arp
    Pages 7-12

  4. Quantum Mechanics of Geometry

    • A. Ashtekar
    Pages 13-34

  5. Quantum Mechanics and Retrocausality

    • D. Atkinson
    Pages 35-50

  6. Instantons for Black Hole Pair Production

    • Paul M. Branoff, Dieter R. Brill
    Pages 51-68

  7. The Origin of Helium and the Other Light Elements

    • G. Burbidge, F. Hoyle
    Pages 69-76

  8. Superluminal Motion and Gravitational Lensing

    • S. M. Chitre
    Pages 77-86

  9. Dual Spacetimes, Mach’s Principle and Topological Defects

    • Naresh Dadhich
    Pages 87-96

  10. Noncosmological Redshifts of Quasars

    • Prashanta Kumar Das
    Pages 97-103

  11. Extragalactic Fire-Works in Gammarays

    • Patrick Das Gupta
    Pages 105-109

  12. Instabilities in Optical Cavities of Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors

    • S. V. Dhurandhar
    Pages 111-121

  13. The Epistemology of Cosmology

    • George F. R. Ellis
    Pages 123-140

  14. Mathematics and Science

    • Fred Hoyle
    Pages 141-144

  15. Radiation Reaction in Electrodynamics and General Relativity

    • Bala R. Iyer
    Pages 145-160

  16. Gravitational Collapse: The Story So Far

    • Pankaj S. Joshi
    Pages 161-168

  17. Thoughts on Galactic Magnetism

    • Kandaswamy Subramanian
    Pages 169-179

  18. The Black Hole in Mcg 6-30-15

    • Ajit Kembhavi, Ranjeev Misra
    Pages 181-190

  19. Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models and Symmetry

    • S. D. Maharaj
    Pages 191-199

  20. The Black Hole Information Paradox: What Have we Learnt from String Theory?

    • Samir D. Mathur
    Pages 201-212
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About this book

It is with great joy that we present a collection of essays written in honour of Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, who completed 60 years of age on July 19, 1998, by his friends and colleagues, including several of his for­ mer students. Jayant has had a long research career in astrophysics and cosmology, which he began at Cambridge in 1960, as a student of Sir Fred Hoyle. He started his work with a big bang, expounding on the steady state theory of the Universe and creating a new theory of gravity inspired by Mach's principle. He also worked on action-at-a-distance electrodynamics, inspired by the explorations of Wheeler, Feynman and Hogarth in that direction. This body of work established Jayant's rep­ utation as a bold and imaginative physicist who was ever willing to take a fresh look at fundamental issues, undeterred by conventional wis­ dom. This trait, undoubtedly inherited from his teacher and mentor, has always remained with Jayant. It is now most evident in his untir­ ing efforts to understand anomalies in quasar astronomy, and to develop the quasi-steady state cosmology, along with a group of highly distin­ guished astronomers including Halton Arp, Geoffrey Burbidge and Fred Hoyle. In spite of all this iconoclastic activity, Jayant remains a part of the mainstream; he appreciates as well as encourages good work along conventional lines by his students and colleagues. This is clear from the range of essays included in this volume, and the variety and distribution of the essayists.

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  • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophyics, Pune, India

    Naresh Dadhich, Ajit Kembhavi

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