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  2. The Calcutta Chromosome - Wikipedia

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    The Calcutta Chromosome is a 1995 [1] English-language novel by Indian author Amitav Ghosh. The book, set in Calcutta and New York City at some unspecified time in the future, is a medical thriller that dramatizes the adventures of people who are brought together by a mysterious turn of events. The book is loosely based on the life and times of ...

  3. Jayant Narlikar - Wikipedia

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    Jayant Vishnu Narlikar FNA, FASc, FTWAS (born 19 July 1938) is an Indian astrophysicist and emeritus professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA). [1] He developed with Sir Fred Hoyle the conformal gravity theory, known as Hoyle–Narlikar theory. It synthesises Albert Einstein 's theory of relativity and Mach ...

  4. The Invisible Man - Wikipedia

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    The Invisible Man at Wikisource. The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novel by British writer H. G. Wells. Originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and who invents a way ...

  5. Literary works of Satyajit Ray - Wikipedia

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    Literary works of Satyajit Ray. Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), a Bengali film director from India, is well known for his contributions to Bengali literature. He created two of the most famous characters in Feluda the sleuth and Professor Shanku the scientist. He wrote several short novels and stories in addition to those based on these two characters.

  6. The Nine Billion Names of God - Wikipedia

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    1953. " The Nine Billion Names of God " is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards. It was reprinted in The Science Fiction ...

  7. Jagadish Chandra Bose - Wikipedia

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    In 1896, Bose wrote Niruddesher Kahini (The Story of the Missing One), a short story that was later expanded and added to Abyakta (অব্যক্ত) collection in 1921 with the new title Palatak Tuphan (Runaway Sea-Storm). It was one of the first works of Bengali science fiction. [40] [41]

  8. List of science fiction short stories - Wikipedia

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    Star Science Fiction Stories No.2: 1953 It's Great to Be Back! Robert A. Heinlein: 1947 Jack-in-the-Box (short story) Ray Bradbury: Dark Carnival: 1947 Jerry Was a Man: Robert A. Heinlein: 1947 Jerusalem's Lot: Stephen King: Night Shift: 1978 Jipi and the Paranoid Chip: Neal Stephenson: Forbes: 1997 Judas (short story) John Brunner: Dangerous ...

  9. The Fun They Had - Wikipedia

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    "The Fun They Had" is a science fiction story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in a children's newspaper in 1951 and was reprinted in the February 1954 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , Earth Is Room Enough (1957), 50 Short Science Fiction Tales (1960), and The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973).