Alternative Sciences : creativity and authenticity in two Indian scientists / Ashis Nandy

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Nandy, Ashis

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press , 2001Edition: 2nd Edition (Oxford India Paperbacks)Description: 176 pISBN:

9780195655285

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23 509.54 NAN

Summary: This work is a biographical sketch of the lives of two celebrated Indian scientists, J.C. Bose, the plant physiologist, and Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the greatest untrained mathematical geniuses the world has ever known. Nandy discusses the extent to which the colonial context within which these two men worked impinged on the calibre and nature of their research.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Barcode
Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection	SNU LIBRARY	509.54 NAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection	G7918

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This work is a biographical sketch of the lives of two celebrated Indian scientists, J.C. Bose, the plant physiologist, and Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the greatest untrained mathematical geniuses the world has ever known. Nandy discusses the extent to which the colonial context within which these two men worked impinged on the calibre and nature of their research.

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