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The Universe - Visions and Perspectives (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)
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The Universe - Visions and Perspectives (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 244
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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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