T. Padmanabhan's Brief Profile

Prof. T. Padmanabhan, is an internationally renowned researcher in the field of cosmology. He has made significant contributions to several areas of theoretical physics and cosmology and also to understanding the formation of structures like galaxies in the universe and is the first person in India to develop full fledged computer simulations to study this problem.

He has authored several books:

  1. Padmanabhan, T. : Gravity, Gauge theories and quantum cosmology, Reidel. (1986) (co-author: J.V. Narlikar).
  2. Padmanabhan, T. : Structure formation in the Universe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (1993).
  3. Padmanabhan, T. : Cosmology and Astrophysics through Problems, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (1996).
  4. Padmanabhan, T. : After the first three minutes- The story of our universe Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (1998).
  5. Padmanabhan, T.: Theoretical Astrophysics - Volume I: Physical processes Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (2000).
  6. Padmanabhan, T.: Theoretical Astrophysics - Volume II: Stars and Stellar Systems Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (2001).
  7. Padmanabhan, T.: Theoretical Astrophysics - Volume III: Galaxies and Cosmology Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (2002).
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