Abhas Mitra

Abhas Mitra is an Indian physicist and retired scientist who has spent much of his research career working on the most extreme objects in the universe. His book The Rise and Fall of the Black Hole Paradigm offers a critical, non-technical examination of the black hole concept in modern astrophysics.

A former head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Section at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mitra is known for his challenges to orthodox assumptions about black holes and gravitation. His accessible interpretation presents complex cosmology to lay readers while arguing a distinctive scientific position.