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Eminent astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar passes away
Financial Express Delhi
|May 21, 2025
JAYANT VISHNU NARLIKAR, one of the most distinguished astrophysicists who was globally acclaimed for co-developing the Hoyle-Narlikar theory of gravity- an alternative to Einstein's general relativity- and popularising science among common people, passed away in Pune on Tuesday.
He was 86, family sources said. A towering figure in Indian science, Narlikar was widely known for his pioneering
This story is from the May 21, 2025 edition of Financial Express Delhi.
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