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100 _a Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
245 _aThe Scientific Edge
260 _a New Delhi
_bPenguin Books
_c2003
300 _a viii, 216 p. ; 21 cm
520 _aThis 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.
650 _a Science -- India -- History. Science -- Study and teaching -- India. Science -- Social aspects -- India.
942 _cBK