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Avadh Bhatia
Avadh Behari Bhatia (1921–September 27, 1984) was an Indian-Canadian physicist who worked on “electronic transport theory and the study of diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves” and whose research benefited condensed matter physicists and astrophysicists. Education and early career Born in India, Bhatia studied at the Universities of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh and the University of Liverpool (under Herbert Fröhlich) in the UK. The latter place was where he met his second wife in the late 1940s. The couple were married in Rajasthan, India and lived in Gujarat for two years before Dr. Bhatia went to work at the University of Edinburgh under Max Born. Career in Canada His immigration to Canada was made possible by a fellowship from the National Research Council. Bhatia joined the University of Alberta in 1955 and was director of the Theoretical Physics Institute there from 1964 to 1969. He wrote in a chapter in ''Principles of Optics'' on the diffraction of light by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theoretical Physics Institute
A theory is a rational type of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the results of such thinking. The process of contemplative and rational thinking is often associated with such processes as observational study or research. Theories may be scientific, belong to a non-scientific discipline, or no discipline at all. Depending on the context, a theory's assertions might, for example, include generalized explanations of how nature works. The word has its roots in ancient Greek, but in modern use it has taken on several related meanings. In modern science, the term "theory" refers to scientific theories, a well-confirmed type of explanation of nature, made in a way consistent with the scientific method, and fulfilling the criteria required by modern science. Such theories are described in such a way that scientific tests should be able to provide empirical support for it, or empirical contradiction ("falsify") of it. Scientific theories are the most reliable, rigorous, and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |