Professor Naresh Dadhich , a theoretical physicist, and former Director and Emeritus Professor at Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) will deliver public lectures at the Durban University of Technology…
Professor Naresh Dadhich , a theoretical physicist, and former Director and Emeritus Professor at Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) will deliver public lectures at the Durban University of Technology.
Einstein for everyone
The basic message of Einstein would be exposed by using simple common sense arguments, this lecture is accessible to one and all. Space and Time are the two primary universal concepts which are the same for all and equally shared by all. Their universality demands that they cannot be independent of each other and should be related with each-other through a universal relation. This gives rise to Einstein’s theory of Special Relativity. Further gravity is also universal which means it affects and acts on everything that physically exists. The universality of gravity would then lead to Einstein’s theory of General Relativity which is known as the greatest feat of human thought. The only requirement on the part of the audience is one’s willingness to exercise one’s robust common sense.
Date: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Time: 18h00
Venue: DUT Hotel Conference Centre, Ritson Campus
Brief Bioprofile:
Naresh Dadhich is a theoretical physicist and Emeritus Professor at Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA). He was also the director of IUCAA until August 31, 2009.
Naresh Dadhich was born in Sarsali in Churu District, Rajasthan. He studied at Pilani, Hissar, Vallabh-Vidyanagar and finally at Pune where he did his PhD in general relativity under the guidance of the highly respected mathematician and physicist, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar (father of Jayant Narlikar, the renowned Indian physicist). He was then hired by the Faculty of Mathematics at the Pune University until February 10, 1988, when he joined Professor Jayant Narlikar in creating a world class centre for strengthening and growth of astrophysics and astronomy teaching and research in Indian universities.
He succeeded the founder Director Professor Narlikar in July 2003 and retired in September 2009. He is also Honorary Research Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal at Durban, and he visits universities and institutes all over the world for research collaborations. His main areas of research are gravity and relativistic astrophysics.
