Space and time are concepts that seem to be embedded in our very consciousness. As we grow up, our ‘intuitive understanding’
of these concepts seems to grow as well. And yet the fact is that our understanding of space-time in the deepest scientific
sense is far from complete, although we have covered a considerable distance along the route. There may still be many surprises
awaiting us on the road ahead.
(left) Vasant Natarajan is at the Department of Physics, IISc. His research interests are in high-resolution laser spectroscopy,
optical frequency measurement, and use of laser-cooled atoms to search for time-reversal violation in the laws of physics.
(right) V Balakrishnan is at the Department of Physics, IIT-Madras, Chennai. His research interests are in dynamical systems,
stochastics and statistical physics.
(centre) N Mukunda is at the Centre for High Energy Physics, IISc, Bangalore. His interests are classical and quantum mechanics,
theoretical optics and Mathematical physics.