Varadar Ja

Varadaraja Venkata Raman (better known as V. V. Raman; born 28 May 1932 in Calcutta, India) is a professor emeritus of physics and humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has lectured and written on his Indian heritage and culture and has also authored books and articles on the intersection of science and religion. Raman has been a frequent guest on the PBS television series Closer to Truth. Scholarly reception of his work has been mixed, with some criticizing his apologias for t…