01200nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200220009110000180011324500940013126000410022530000290026636500630029552005680035865000140092665000100094065000120095070000200096220220913093053.0220913b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9788195457526  cAL  aeng  223a530.092bPRAL  aPrashanth G N  aLife and times of U R Rao:bfrom humble origins to a space legend: a biographical account  aBengalurubNaktanti Prakashanac2022  axxxv,222p.bPBc21x14cm.  2PhysicsaBLCR-000076b200.00c₹d250.00e20%f01-09-2022  aA Book on the renowned space scientist U R Rao is set for launch on July 30. Written by Prashanth G N, it is called ‘The Life and Times of U R Rao: From Humble Origins to a Space Legend’. Udupi Ramachandra Rao was born in 1932 in Adamar, a village in .Udupi district. He worked in cities such as Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, and helmed several prestigious projects that put India on the world space research map. He died in 2017. The book traces Rao’s personal and professional accomplishments, and explains why he enjoys a preeminent place in space research.

  aBiography  aSpace  aPhysics  aPRASHANTH (G N)