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Ep. 84 : Why Read Books in the age of internet ?
I address the important question of why we need books with examples. I discuss the benefits of reading a physical book. #books #reading #science #nonfiction and #fiction
Published on 1 year ago
Ep 83 : Conversation with Ayan Banerjee - In the Theater of Light & Life | IISER Kolkata
Ayan is an experimental optical physicist and a Professor at IISER Kolkata: https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~ayan/group_leader.html.
He is also a playwriter, theatre actor and a mentor to many science and…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Ep 82 – Conversation with Bhaskaran Muralidharan: Playing the Music of Electron Transport| IIT Bombay
Bhaskaran is an Electrical Engineer & a Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: https://cnqt-group.org/?page_id=25
He is a quantum transport theorist, musician and long-distance runne…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Ep. 81 : Conversation with Ainda Sinha –Quantum Field Theory, Superstrings & Ins'pi'rations
Aninda Sinha is a theoretical physicist and a professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru: https://chep.iisc.ac.in/Personnel/asinha.html
He works at the interface of quantum field theory, s…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Ep. 80 - Conversation with Chaitra Redkar – At the interface of Philosophy, History & Political Science
Chaitra is a political scientist, Associate Professor & Chair of Humanities at IISER Pune - https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/humanities-and-social-sciences/people/faculty/regular-facul…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Ep 79 : Scientific life of Gerhard Herzberg - Spectroscopy, Quantum Mechanics, Astrophysics & Astrochemistry
References:
Pavan Kumar, G. V. “Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999): A Pioneer in Molecular Spectroscopy.” Resonance 29 (2024): 1339. https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/article/reso/029/10/1339-1345. Stoiche…Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 78: Conversation with Gautam Menon – Triangulating Physics, Biology & Public Health through Curiosity
Gautam is a theoretical physicist who is driven by curiosity. His explorations include superconductivity, biophysics, active matter, public health, art, music etc.
He is a Professor & Dean at Ashoka…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 77: Conversation with Chinmay Tumbe - Hitchhiking History of Modern India | IIM Ahmedabad
Chinmay is an author, historian and associate professor at IIM Ahmedabad: https://sites.google.com/site/chinmaytumbe/home.
We explored his intellectual landscape of becoming a writer and a historian.…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 76: Conversation with Ganesh Bagler - Computational Gastronomy with 'food for thought' | IIIT Delhi
Ganesh is a multifaceted researcher who brings together food and computation via Computational Gastronomy. He is a Professor at IIIT Delhi and is interested in various facets of food science and tech…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 75 - Conversation with Subhankar Bedanta : Physicist with an outreach in Odia
He is an experimental condensed matter physicist and a Professor at NISER Bhubaneswar who is deeply committed to combining cutting-edge physics with outreach in his mother tongue – Odia https://sbeda…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago