New Delhi, April 16 -- Physicist Ranjit Nair, who founded the Centre for Philosophy and the Foundations of Science in south Delhi, passed away on Monday. Trained in physics and philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Nair was 70 years old and his works include "Mind, Matter and Mystery" and "The Republic of Science."
He also edited the collected works of theoretical physicist ECG Sudarshan.
At Thiruvananthapuram's University College, Nair was part of a student-organised science society, whose other members included the late astrophysicist Thanu Padmanabhan and Professor V Parameswaran Nair (City University of New York).
Nair is survived by his wife, the poet and linguist Rukmini Bhaya Nair, daughter Vijayanka Nair, and son Viraj Nair....