G V Pavan Kumar
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Professor of Physics @IISERPune| Optics, Soft-matter, History & Philosophy of Physics| Scientist+Writer+Podcaster| HUMANIZING SCIENCE + OPEN SOURCE| On my own
Pune, India
Joined September 2009
All the essays are open-source CC license. You are free to use it for educational & non-commercial use with attribution. Please cite as: Kumar, G. V. Pavan. “A Global History of Physics.” History & Philosophy of Science (blog), March 25, 2025. https://t.co/skNURs6Ioc.
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Welcome to essays in A Global History of Physics, where I discuss people, ideas, and technology involved in the development of physics across human time and space. Part 1 – Mechanics Engineer…
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When we remember and talk about building modern, scientific India, we must acknowledge past scientists who played a critical role in taking ideas and turning them into reality. Homi Bhabha (image on left) was one of the pioneers. But we must also remember many unknown people of
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From my old blog on the significance and environs of the Ferozshah Kotla ground. Link in next tweet.
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“My parents could barely read or write. It’s been quite a journey, science allows you to do it.” New laureate Omar Yaghi was in the middle of changing flights when we reached him, just after he heard that he had been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry. In this interview
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🙏 Thanks to everyone for the kind wishes. To be fair, I only have a couple kids at home to distract me, while Vishy has an entire nation of chess "children" to demand his attention! 🇮🇳
The final Blitz game of Day 2 ends in a draw - Vishy Anand holds a draw from a worse position against Garry Kasparov. An excellent day for @Kasparov63 with 2 wins and 2 draws - the score is 8.5-3.5 in his favor going into the final day tomorrow at Clutch Chess: Legends.
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Today is the 115th birth anniversary of Dr Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis. Originally from Solapur, he studied medicine in Mumbai. He provided valuable medical assistance during the Sino-Japanese War in 1938. Known for his dedication and perseverance, he is highly revered in China.
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Join today at IST 19:00. Register NOW. Thanks to @RoySocChem for the invitation to join as one of the panelist 😊. FYA: @MOF_Universe @9thMOF2024 @MOF2026 @RSC_PorMat @GWPore @IISERPune @ANRFIndia @IndiaDST @GATE2025IITR @ACSPublications @ChemMater
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Congratulations to the Chem N prize winners trio. Feeling both lucky and great that I got chance to work with Prof Kitagawa. First meeting with two of them together in 2006. 🙏@KitagawaGroup FYA: @MOF_Universe @GWPore @RSC_PorMat @9thMOF2024
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A nice article by @RutujaUgale in @Sci_Rio that discusses public engagement by scientists as influencers of scientific thought. Thanks, Rutuja, for profiling my blog, 'Vismaya' Here is my quote from the article: “For me, there are two implications of doing science. One is that
💡 Here’s to bridging research and communication — one story at a time! If you’re a researcher exploring networking and outreach, feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to help! 🤝 https://t.co/IHKHbcfT6S
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A nice article by @RutujaUgale in @Sci_Rio that discusses public engagement by scientists as influencers of scientific thought. Thanks, Rutuja, for profiling my blog, 'Vismaya' Here is my quote from the article: “For me, there are two implications of doing science. One is that
💡 Here’s to bridging research and communication — one story at a time! If you’re a researcher exploring networking and outreach, feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to help! 🤝 https://t.co/IHKHbcfT6S
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For the past 3 days, I have been observing how Indian news outlets in India (with online presence) are covering the science related to Nobel prizes (Physiology/Medicine, Physics & Chemistry) A couple of observations: 1) Many of the online versions of the news articles do not
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Physics Nobel – 2025: Schrödinger’s cat and her laboratory cousins The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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"Macro"scopic Quantum Mechanics in circuits!
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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Saha led a tough life. He not only had to face suppressive British colonial rule but also academic politics and battles (versus Raman, no less). His knowledge of physics, his contributions to Indian science, and his commitment to people (he was a politician too) were significant.
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Saha was an astrophysicist with a broad knowledge and appreciation of various branches of physics. One of the earliest English translations (1920) of the papers on relativity by Einstein and Minkowski was written by Megnad Saha and S.N.Bose. 2/
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Megnad Saha (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956), of the fame of Saha’s ionization formula, was born this day. In 1993, a postage stamp in India was released commemorating his birth centenary. 1/
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