Solaris: A Brainy Journey to the Great Unknown
A visionary work of first-contact science fiction by the Kafka prize winner, Polish writer Stanislaw Lem saw the light of the day in 1961. It was non-other than ‘Solaris’, which has later been adapted for or inspired popular music, theatre, operas, ballet, video games, and movies by Andrei Tarkovsky and Steven Soderbergh in 1972, and […]
Hidden Figures: Not Hidden Anymore
Nominated for “Best Picture” in the 2017 Academy Awards (Oscars), “Hidden Figures” was a major box-office success in 2017. It is a screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi based on the book of the same title by Margot Lee Shetterly. ‘Hidden Figures” is far from yet another mere title. It depicts three veiled components […]
Hubble Space Telescope: A Window to the Universe
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was the first in the family of great observatories to witness the glamour of the universe. It has been orbiting around the Earth at a distance of about 540 km since its launch and deployment by the space shuttle Discovery (STS – 31) on 24th – 25th April 1990. “A telescope […]