The Cosmological Principle

Can it help us understand the unknown universe?   One day in the spring of 1543, a canon named Nicolaus Copernicus, lying on his sickbed, suddenly awoke from a coma that he had been put under because of a brain stroke. Resting beside him was the first copy of his magnum opus: De revolutionibus orbium […]

Bourne to Lead

How Alfred Gibbs Bourne became IISc’s second Director     After overseeing the construction of several early buildings at the Institute and laying the groundwork for its growth, Morris Travers stepped down as IISc’s first Director in 1914. What followed was a year-long hunt for the person to fill this role. Members of the IISc […]