{"product_id":"diary-of-a-mad-physicist-astrophysics-edition-9798195828073","title":"Diary of a Mad Physicist (Astrophysics Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sudip Kumar Das | Sabita Das | Dipan Kumar Das\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Physics - Astrophysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: The Day Physics Lost Its Mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan, the unconventional professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe enters class carrying: a broken telescope, a globe and a poster saying: \u003cbr\u003e\"Today we are leaving Earth. Attendance compulsory.\" B.Sc. students think he is insane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan announces: \"Astrophysics cannot be taught by chalk and sleepy blackboards. We shall study stars where stars are studied.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents laugh. Then he shows them a world map of space agencies. Mission begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Before Telescopes, Humans Had Neck Pain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan takes students to the ancient roots of astrophysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravel diary style: Stonehenge, Egyptian pyramids, Indian Vedic astronomy, Aryabhata, Greek sky philosophers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents realize ancient people looked at the sky more than modern people look at mobile screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Galileo and the Telescope That Started Trouble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirtual simulation meeting with Galileo Galilei. Dr. Dipan gives each student a practical telescope workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents: assemble lenses, observe moon craters, Jupiter's moons, sunspots (safely).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Dr. Dipan says: \"One telescope can destroy one thousand blind beliefs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: NASA, ISRO, ESA and the Great Scientific Airport Run\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan takes all students physically\/virtually to major agencies: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNASA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eISRO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuropean Space Agency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAXA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoscosmos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents witness: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003esatellite assembly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003emission control centers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMars rover labs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eastronaut training\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumorous chaos: \u003cbr\u003eone student asks if moon has Wi-Fi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Surviving Gravity, Escaping Gravity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical lab chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents undergo: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003egyroscope chair\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003evacuum chamber demo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003erocket propulsion model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003efree fall experiments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan throws chalk upward and says: \"This chalk and the Moon are in the same business: falling.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Interview with the Sun, Gossip with the Stars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eObservatory nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents visit giant observatories: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMauna Kea Observatories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eVainu Bappu Observatory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan calls stars: \"Cosmic pressure cookers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Black Holes Eat Homework\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most exciting chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirtual black hole simulation lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents scream when Dr. Dipan switches off lights and says: \u003cbr\u003e\"Congratulations, you are now beyond the event horizon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet virtually: \u003cbr\u003eStephen Hawking's lectures and archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Coffee with Einstein and Other Dangerous Meetings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing immersive AI hologram interaction, students virtually converse with: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Einstein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Sagan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil deGrasse Tyson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents understand scientists are not robots; they are obsessed humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: The Universe Is Expanding, So Is Our Confusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCosmology chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig Bang practical with balloon model, laser dots, microwave data visualizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents ask: \u003cbr\u003e\"If universe expands, where is it expanding into?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan smiles mysteriously and asks for tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Astrophysics Is Not Luxury, It Is Survival\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery important motivational chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan proves: \u003cbr\u003eStudying stars helps solve Earth's problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: The Student Who Touched Saturn Without Leaving Campus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHands-on chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: Diary of a Mad Physicist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents are transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same students who once feared formulas now: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ediscuss quasars, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eapply for PhD, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ebuild amateur observatories, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003edream of joining NASA and ISRO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dipan writes in his diary: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I did not teach astrophysics.\u003cbr\u003eI infected them with the sky.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891536347287,"sku":"9798195828073","price":1026.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195828073.webp?v=1781184031","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/diary-of-a-mad-physicist-astrophysics-edition-9798195828073","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}