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Product Description: This collection of science fiction writings by Jayant V. Narlikar offers readers a unique glimpse into the world-famous Indian astrophysicistâs 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 â but when the real danger becomes apparent it is almost too late to save humanity...read more
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9783319164281 | Springer Verlag, May 28, 2015, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: This collection of science fiction writings by Jayant V.
Product Description: General relativity is now an essential part of undergraduate and graduate courses in physics, astrophysics and applied mathematics. This simple, user-friendly introduction to relativity is ideal for a first course in the subject. Beginning with a comprehensive but simple review of special relativity, the book creates a framework from which to launch the ideas of general relativity...read more
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9780521514972 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, March 31, 2010), cover price $160.00 | About this edition: General relativity is now an essential part of undergraduate and graduate courses in physics, astrophysics and applied mathematics.
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9780521735612 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, February 26, 2010), cover price $64.99 | About this edition: General relativity is now an essential part of undergraduate and graduate courses in physics, astrophysics and applied mathematics.
Product Description: The serenity of a clear night sky belies the evidenceâgathered by balloons, rockets, satellites, and telescopesâthat the universe contains centers of furious activity that pour out vast amounts of energy, some in regular cycles and some in gigantic bursts...read more
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9780486457970 | Dover Pubns, June 5, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The serenity of a clear night sky belies the evidenceâgathered by balloons, rockets, satellites, and telescopesâthat the universe contains centers of furious activity that pour out vast amounts of energy, some in regular cycles and some in gigantic bursts.
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9780521662239 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 2000, cover price $94.99
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9780521019262 | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 30, 2005, cover price $110.00
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9781402014154 | Kluwer Academic Pub, August 1, 2003, cover price $189.00
Product Description: This book conveys the thrill of observing strange and surprising features of the Universe, and the satisfaction gained by understanding them through modern science. Using simple analogies and a wealth of illustrations, Professor Narlikar skilfully steers us through a cosmic journey of discovery, starting from the Earth and Solar System and stepping out to the farthest reaches of the Universe...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9788483230879 | Akal Ediciones Sa, May 1, 2002, cover price $47.95 | About this edition: This book conveys the thrill of observing strange and surprising features of the Universe, and the satisfaction gained by understanding them through modern science.
Product Description: Our cosmic tour begins here. As we leave the secure confines of the Earth and journey into space, we find a plethora of strange and unexpected phenomena. Little can we anticipate from the quiet, star-studded sky the violent events in the cosmos...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780521630870 | Cambridge Univ Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $110.00 | About this edition: Our cosmic tour begins here.
Product Description: This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of quasars and active galactic nuclei (AGN). The latest observations and theoretical models are combined in this clear, pedagogic textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780521474771 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 1999, cover price $149.00 | About this edition: This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of quasars and active galactic nuclei (AGN).
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9780521479899 | Cambridge Univ Pr, May 13, 1999, cover price $99.99 | About this edition: This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of quasars and active galactic nuclei (AGN).
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9780521638982 | Cambridge Univ Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $59.99
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9789810225582 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, July 1, 1996, cover price $58.00
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9789810225735 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, December 1, 1996, cover price $25.00
Discusses motion, mass, fusion, the theory of relativity, tides, black holes, and the expanding universe
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9780521550093 | 2 sub edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, October 1, 1996), cover price $89.99
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9780521565653 | 2 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, December 1, 1996), cover price $49.99
9780716713449 | W H Freeman & Co, August 1, 1982, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Discusses motion, mass, fusion, the theory of relativity, tides, black holes, and the expanding universe
Product Description: This book presents in a simple style the success story of modern astrophysics â how the application of known physics to models of stars can, together with the observational data, help us understand what stars are made of, how they live and how they die...read more
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9789814350372 | 3 edition (World Scientific Pub Co Inc, May 17, 2012), cover price $58.00 | About this edition: This book presents in a simple style the success story of modern astrophysics â how the application of known physics to models of stars can, together with the observational data, help us understand what stars are made of, how they live and how they die.
9789810220327 | 2 sub edition (World Scientific Pub Co Inc, October 1, 1995), cover price $81.00 | About this edition: This book describes, in a nontechnical language, one of the success stories of modern (20th-century) astronomy.
9789971978136 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, November 1, 1985, cover price $83.00 | About this edition: This book describes in a non-technical language, one of the success stories of modern (twentieth-century) astronomy.
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9789810220334 | 2 edition (World Scientific Pub Co Inc, March 1, 1996), cover price $43.00
9789971978150 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, March 1, 1985, cover price $36.00 | About this edition: This book describes in a non-technical language, one of the success stories of modern (twentieth-century) astronomy.
Product Description: This collection of science fiction writings by Jayant V. Narlikar offers readers a unique glimpse into the world-famous Indian astrophysicistâs 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 â but when the real danger becomes apparent it is almost too late to save humanity...read more
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9780863110009 | South Asia Books, May 1, 1990, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: This collection of science fiction writings by Jayant V.
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9780521361255 | Cambridge Univ Pr, March 1, 1989, cover price $80.00
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9789027719485 | D Reidel Pub Co, August 1, 1986, cover price $449.00
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9789971966676 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, February 1, 1985, cover price $31.00
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9780192890825 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 10, 1977, cover price $10.95
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