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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David L Gosling |
| ISBN: | 9780415402095 0415402093 9780415481342 0415481341 9780203961889 0203961889 |
| OCLC Number: | 74029359 |
| Description: | ix, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Science in India's Intellectual Renaissance -- Tradition Redefined -- Worldviews in Encounter -- Relativity and Beyond -- Indian Science Comes of Age -- An Investigation into the Beliefs of Indian Scientists -- How Clear Reason's Stream? -- Looking to the Future -- Appendix A: The Nature of Reality -- Appendix B: Investigation Questionnaire (Chapter 7). |
| Series Title: | India in the modern world, 3. |
| Responsibility: | David L. Gosling. |
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Abstract:
Charts the early development of science in India, its role in the secularization of Indian society, and the subsequent reassertion, adaptation and rejection of traditional modes of thought. This book explores the beliefs of key Indian scientists, including Jagadish Chandra Bose, PC Roy and SN Bose.
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"... splendid new book. It is very exciting and contains much more than the exchange between Einstein and Tagore...It really is a very great achievement". John Bowker, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Cambridge. Read more...
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