Abstract

1. Astronomy in ancient and medieval China Joseph Needham 2. Indian astronomy: an historical perspective B. V. Subbarayappa 3. Making of astronomy in ancient India Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya 4. The impact of astronomy on the development of western science Jean-Claude Pecker 5. Man and the Universe Hubert Reeves 6. Understanding the Universe - challenges and directions in modern observational astronomy Harlan Smith, Jr: 7. Frontiers in cosmology Fred Hoyle 8. Did the Universe originate in a big bang? Jayant Narlikar 9. The dark matter problem Bernard Carr 10. Geometry and the Universe C. V. Vishveshwara 11. The origin and evolution of life Cyril Ponnamperuma 12. The anthropic principle: self selection as an adjunct to natural selection Brandon Carter 13. Astrology and science: an examination of the evidence Ivan Kelly, Roger Culver and Peter Loptson 14. Astronomy and science fiction Allen Janis.

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