Floating in the Cosmos of Ideas: Some glimpses into the way great ideas emerge in Cosmology

<strong>Archives of Contemporary History School of Social Sciences, JNU</strong> an interactive colloquium titled <strong>Floating in the Cosmos of Ideas: Some glimpses into the way great ideas emerge in Cosmology </strong> <strong>Swadesh M Mahajan</strong> Professor of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, USA and Distinguished Professor (visiting) at Shiv Nadar University, India. The speaker, Swadesh M Mahajan, is Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin, USA and Distinguished Professor (visiting) at Shiv Nadar University, India. His pursuits in Theoretical Physics encompass very practical to very abstract ideas. He has done pioneering work in a number of areas ranging from Nuclear Fusion Energy to non-linear quantum mechanics to Cosmology. He was the first to propose a practical Fusion-Fission Hybrid reactor, and first to weave together a somewhat comprehensive theory on how magnetic fields could be created in the early universe. His work is profusely quoted and written about. The discussion is envisaged as a non-technical but `physics-y' and non-scholarly exploration of ancient and modern scientific cosmologies to reveal patterns of thinking and emergence of ideas, and speculating on the general relevance of such patterns and ideas to broad intellectual endeavors. Date : <strong>12 October 2015</strong>