T.P.Sreenivasan IFS (Retd.) Former Ambassador T P Sreenivasan remembers E C G Sudarshan, the legendary physicist who passed into the ages on May 14, 2018. the 'Sudarshan-Glauber representation' in 2005.DrSudarshan said it was like the bubbles in a stream that rise up while the pebbles that carry mass go down. However, he maintained that he was willing to accept justice even if delayed. He was nominated for the Prize 9 times and several scientists wrote to the academy pointing out the injustice. Sadly, justice did not reach him before his demise.He is now in the company of other Indians, who richly deserved the Nobel, but never made it, like Mahatma Gandhi and JagdishBhagwati.Bhagwati, fortunately, is still alive and may get delayed justice. The Nobel Prize is not generally given posthumously, though there have been some exceptions. DrSudarshan's claim to fame was on account of challenging Albert Einstein's theory that nothing can move faster than light.Being the first to propose the hypothetical particle 'tachyons' that are faster than light, DrSudarshan said it was an inference against Albert Einstein's prediction that nothing can travel faster than light. 'Though there was excitement a year ago with these experiments, no particle identified could travel faster than light, but that does not mean that it does not exist,' he said.This was only one of the many game changing discoveries he made in his 50 years of physics teaching and research. From formulating fundamental ideas in particle physics to understanding the quantum nature of light, DrSudarshan's contributions to physics reads like a fascinating chapter from the book of www.eklines.com
Dr. Sudarshan's claim to fame was on account of challenging Albert Einstein's theory that nothing can move faster than light. Being the first to propose the hypothetical particle 'tachyons' that are faster than light, Dr. Sudarshan said it was an inference against Albert Einstein's prediction that nothing can travel faster than light. breakthroughs in science of the past century. He invariably gave credit to his students for assisting him throughout. For DrSudarshan, physics was not just pure science, it was a pursuit of truth just like the search for the universal truth by the philosophers and science. Though born a Christian, he turned to Hindu philosophy and thought after he married a Hindu. On spirituality, Sudarshan said, 'True scientists have deeper spiritual connection, while some scientists as administrators essentially continue to make noises about it. I miss philosopher J Krishnamurthi. He was facile and clear in his thinking.' DrSudarshan maintained that Vedanta June 2018
