G Venkataraman: 12 books

It is a heartwarming and very inspiring story about Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar, the most distinguished mathematical physicist India has produced. In a long and remarkable career, Chandrasekhar has done many outstanding things but this book concentrates mostly on one of them, namely, the discovery of the Chandrasekhar Limit.

This volume describes how the battle of infinities was fought and, more importantly, about a new approach to quantum mechanics. It deals with the birth of quantum electrodynamics, a theory of incredible and unmatched precision and the most perfect physical theory known to man.

The discovery of quantum mechanics is often hailed as the greatest revolution in human thought. This volume, the first in a series of three, seeks to capture the drama of this supreme achievement.

This book is about the remarkable scientist Homi Jehangir Bhabha who, at the age of eighteen, went to Cambridge to study Physics and started his research career there. In 1939, when Bhabha came to India on a short vacation, he was forced to stay on as the Second World War broke out. This was, of course,...

This concluding part of the trilogy on quantum mechanics deals with the fascinating question: Is there really a world out there or does it exist because we see it?

This book is about phase transitions. It seeks to unfold the universal connecting link between diverse physical phenomena, all involving a change of state.

By probing deeper and deeper into the innermost recesses of the atom, physicists have been able to obtain not only a better understanding of the vast cosmos but indeed of the origin of the cosmos itself. This book is about the greatest adventure in human history—mans attempt to reconstruct Creation...

A great leap forward in unravelling the mysteries of the Sun occurred way back in 1920 when Meghnad Saha made an important discovery that paved the way for a systematic study of stellar atmospheres in general. This book is about that great discovery and the man who made it.

This book attempts to explain the terms heat and temperature. But instead of relying mainly on technical explanations that are highly mathematical, the author takes a look at what really lies behind these phenomena.

This book uses basic calculations to help the student answer questions such as, “Why is the size of an atom roughly 108cm and not 1cm?” or “Why is the height of Mount Everest 10 km and not 100 km?” In short, “Why are things the way they are?” This book is an introduction to some methods of making rapid estimates, and shows how estimated answers can be made in just a few steps.

This book describes a monumental discovery made by Satyendranath Bose. It also helps the reader take a step closer in understanding Bose—the scientist—and describes the events that surround this exciting discover

This book is the second part of the two-volume set entitled The Big and the Small. In the earlier volume, Journey into the Microcosm: the Story of Elementary Particles, the story of elementary particle physics was related. In the present volume the author describes how the physics of elementary particles...