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Space and time in life and science

Vasant NatarajanContact Information, V. BalakrishnanContact Information and N. MukundaContact Information

(1)  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
(2)  Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, 600 036, India
(3)  103, 6th Main Road Malleswaram, Bangalore, 560 003, India

Published online: 29 October 2008

Abstract  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.

Keywords  Space - time - geometry - relativity

(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.

Contact Information Vasant Natarajan (Corresponding author)
Email: vasant@physics.iisc.ernet.in

Contact Information V. Balakrishnan
Email: vbalki@physics.iitm.ac.in

Contact Information N. Mukunda
Email: nmukunda@gmail.com
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