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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press , 2001Edition: 2nd Edition (Oxford India Paperbacks)Description: 176 pISBN:
  • 9780195655285
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 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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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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