The Scientific Edge

By:

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Penguin Books 2003Description: viii, 216 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780143030287

Subject(s):

Science -- India -- History. Science -- Study and teaching -- India. Science -- Social aspects -- India

DDC classification:

509.54 NAR-S .PS

Summary: This book tracks the highs and lows of Indian science across the millennia, distinguishing fact from fiction. Through a lively narrative of breakthroughs and failures, he explores the glories of Indias scientific advances adn questions the more fanciful so-called discoveries.

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This book tracks the highs and lows of Indian science across the millennia, distinguishing fact from fiction. Through a lively narrative of breakthroughs and failures, he explores the glories of Indias scientific advances adn questions the more fanciful so-called discoveries.

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