The Return of Vaman: A Scientific Novel
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| ISSN: | 2197-1188 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-16429-8 |
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/ NARLIKAR, JAYANT V.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
PREFACE
PART I SHORT STORY: THE RARE IDOL OF GANESHA
PART II NOVEL: THE RETURN OF VAMAN
PART III: THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE FICTION
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
THE RETURN OF VAMAN - A SCIENTIFIC NOVEL
/ NARLIKAR, JAYANT V.
: 2015
ABSTRACT / INHALTSTEXT
THIS COLLECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION WRITINGS BY JAYANT V. NARLIKAR OFFERS
READERS A UNIQUE GLIMPSE INTO THE WORLD-FAMOUS INDIAN ASTROPHYSICIST’S
VIVID AND HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE CONCEPTS AND STORIES. THE FICTIONAL
MATERIAL COMPRISES A WITTY SHORT STORY ( THE RARE IDOL OF GANESHA ) THAT
CLEVERLY EXPLORES THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF A MIRROR-SYMMETRIC
INDIVIDUAL IN THE CONTEXT OF CRICKET TEST MATCH PERFORMANCES, AS WELL AS
THE FAST-PACED, GRIPPING SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER THE RETURN OF VAMAN :
WHEN AN ALIEN CONTAINER IS UNEARTHED BY A CREW OF SCIENTISTS, THE
ENORMOUS POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF ITS CONTENTS BRING
VARIOUS CRIMINAL ELEMENTS ON THE SCENE – BUT WHEN THE REAL DANGER
BECOMES APPARENT IT IS ALMOST TOO LATE TO SAVE HUMANITY. LAST BUT NOT
LEAST, THE BOOK PROVIDES READERS WITH EXTENSIVE INSIGHTS INTO THE
GENESIS AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND OF THE FICTIONAL MATERIAL PRESENTED IN
THIS VOLUME, ALONG WITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR’S
LIFE-LONG INTEREST IN SCIENCE FICTION AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
GENRE. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: JAYANT V. NARLIKAR IS INTERNATIONALLY
KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN COSMOLOGY, IN PARTICULAR FOR CHAMPIONING MODELS
ALTERNATIVE TO THE STANDARD BIG-BANG THEORY. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE
COSMOLOGY COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION FROM 1994
TO 1997. HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND
HONORARY DOCTORATES - HE IS A BHATNAGAR AWARDEE, AS WELL AS RECIPIENT OF
THE M.P. BIRLA AWARD, THE PRIX JANSSEN OF THE FRENCH ASTRONOMICAL
SOCIETY AND AN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. HE
IS FELLOW OF THE THREE INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMIES AS WELL AS OF
THE THIRD WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.WELL BEYOND HIS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH,
PROF. NARLIKAR IS WIDELY KNOWN AS A SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR THROUGH HIS
BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND RADIO/TV PROGRAMS AND HE WAS HONORED BY THE UNESCO
IN 1996 WITH THE KALINGA AWARD. HE MADE HIS DEBUT IN SCIENCE FICTION
WRITING IN 1974, BY WINNING THE TOP PRIZE IN THE STORY WRITING
COMPETITION ORGANIZED BY THE MARATHI VIDNYAN PARISHAD, A
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN SCIENCE POPULARIZATION.
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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