Pratidhvani - Humanizing Science

Ep. 21 : Conversation with Biman Nath : Cosmologist & Bi-lingual Author

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Biman Nath is a cosmologist and a Professor at Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru

His webpage : https://wwws.rri.res.in/~biman/

He is also bi-lingual author (non-fiction+fiction)

We discuss

  • his bio, growing up in Assam, career trajectory in India & US, his research, books, writing process ++
  • his current research interest in cosmology especially related to diffuse gases and deliberated on some contemporary questions.
  • on a variety of books he has authored and what motivated him to write in Bengali and English. What has been his experience in communicating science in two different languages.
  • many other topics including a segment in Bengali

    • Listen, as we humanize science...

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    2. “Biman B. Nath | Raman Research Institute.” Accessed September 9, 2023. https://www.rri.res.in/people/faculty/biman-b-nath.
    3. “‪Biman B. Nath‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬.” Accessed September 9, 2023. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=yQa01BoAAAAJ&hl=en.
    4. “Amazon.In.” Accessed September 9, 2023. https://www.amazon.in/Books-Biman-Nath/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3ABiman+Nath.
    5. “International Astronomical Union | IAU.” Accessed September 9, 2023. https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/427/.
    6. Nath, Biman. Homi J Bhabha: A Renaissance Man among Scientists. Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd., 2022.
    7. Nath, Biman. Solar System in Verse. Niyogi Books India Private Limited, 2023.
    8. Nath, Biman B. The Dawn of the Universe. Universities Press, 2005.
    9. Nath, Biman. The Story of Helium and the Birth of Astrophysics. 2013th edition. Springer, 2012.
    10. Similarities Between Sanskrit and Lithuanian, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzRxSVK7qIU.
    11. “Ibn Al-Haytham.” In Wikipedia, September 6, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibn_al-Haytham&oldid=1174142032.


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