Western Science In Modern India

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The Book Is About Western Science In A Olonial World. It Asks: How Do We Understand The Transfer And Absorption Of Scientific Knowledge Across Diverse Cultures, From One Society To Another? This Monograph Will Interest Scientists, Historians And Sociologists, As Well As Students Of Imperialism And The History Of Ideas.

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Genre : Science
Author : Pratik Chakrabarti
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Release : 2004
File : 352 Pages
ISBN-13 : 8178240785


Connecting Indian Wisdom And Western Science

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A truly integrated collection of research, Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science: Plant Usage for Nutrition and Health compares Ayurvedic and Western conceptions of wellness, healthy lifestyle, and diet. Examining the phyto-pharmacological, phytochemical, clinical, ethnobotanical, sociocultural, and biomedical approaches to plant- and herb-b

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Genre : Health & Fitness
Author : Luisella Verotta
Publisher : CRC Press
Release : 2015-04-24
File : 470 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781482299762


Science And Society In Modern India

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The book delineates the role and place of the Western scientific discourse which occupied an important place in the colonization of India. During the colonial period, science became one of the foundations of Indian modernity and the nation-state. Gradually, the educated Indians sought to locate modern scientific ideas and principles within Indian culture and adopted those for the economic regeneration of the country. The discursive terrain of the history of science, especially in the context of a society with a very long and complex past, is bound to be replete with numerous debates on its nature and evolution, its changing contours, its complex civilizational journey, and finally, the enormous impact it has on our own life and time. The book offers a useful introduction to science, society, and government interface in the Indian context.

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Genre : History
Author : Deepak Kumar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2023-06-30
File : 186 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781009350631


Science And Religion Around The World

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The past quarter-century has seen an explosion of interest in the history of science and religion. But all too often the scholars writing it have focused their attention almost exclusively on the Christian experience, with only passing reference to other traditions of both science and faith. At a time when religious ignorance and misunderstanding have lethal consequences, such provincialism must be avoided and, in this pioneering effort to explore the historical relations of what we now call "science" and "religion," the authors go beyond the Abrahamic traditions to examine the way nature has been understood and manipulated in regions as diverse as ancient China, India, and sub-Saharan Africa. Science and Religion around the World also provides authoritative discussions of science in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- as well as an exploration of the relationship between science and the loss of religious beliefs. The narratives included in this book demonstrate the value of plural perspectives and of the importance of location for the construction and perception of science-religion relations.

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Genre : Religion
Author : John Hedley Brooke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release : 2011-01-11
File : 335 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199793204


Digital Politics And Culture In Contemporary India

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The relationship between information and the nation-state is typically portrayed as a face-off involving repressive state power and democratic flows: Twitter and the Arab Spring, Google in China, WikiLeaks and the U.S. State Department. Less attention has been paid to those scenarios where states have regarded information and its diffusion as productive of modernity and globalization. It is the central argument of this book that the contemporary nation-state, especially in the global South, is far from hostile to the current informational milieu and in fact makes crucial use of it in order to develop adequate modes of governance, communication and sociality in a networked world. This book focuses on India – an emerging country that has recently witnessed a "software miracle" – to highlight the critical role informatics has historically played in the national imagination and to demonstrate how the state, private capital and civic society have drawn upon and engaged the precepts and protocols of the information age to fashion an "info-nation."

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Biswarup Sen
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2016-01-08
File : 190 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317355823


Vernacular Medicine In Colonial India

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Interrelated histories of colonial medicine, market and family reveal how Western homeopathy was translated and made vernacular in colonial India.

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Genre : Health & Fitness
Author : Shinjini Das
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2019-03-14
File : 307 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781108420624


The Indian Science Community

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This book focuses on the historical and sociological dimensions of scientists working in laboratories in India, offering insights into the historical, sociological and policy factors that shape scientific pursuits. It illuminates the challenges, accomplishments and the evolving role of science in societal development. The author initiates a broader discourse on the interplay between scientific advancements, societal contexts and policy frameworks. The book fosters a deeper understanding of science's role in shaping India’s social fabric and contributing to the global scientific dialogue. It also explores issues such as brain drain, science activism and the conflict between university- and government-run models of science. Lucid and topical, the book will be of considerable interest to both social and natural scientists, as well as the general academic community, including research students in science, technology, history, social history of science, science and technology studies and innovation policies.

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Genre : Science
Author : Venni V. Krishna
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2024-09-30
File : 314 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781040116876


Women And Social Reform In Modern India

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An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history

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Genre : Social change
Author : Sumit Sarkar
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Release : 2008
File : 562 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780253352699


Astronomy In India 1784 1876

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Indian scientific achievements in the early twentieth century are well known, with a number of heralded individuals making globally recognized strides in the field of astrophysics. Covering the period from the foundation of the Asiatick Society in 1784 to the establishment of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in 1876, Sen explores the relationship between Indian astronomers and the colonial British. He shows that from the mid-nineteenth century, Indians were not passive receivers of European knowledge, but active participants in modern scientific observational astronomy.

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Genre : Science
Author : Joydeep Sen
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Release : 2016-09-12
File : 277 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780822981657


Modern Indian History Ncert Based Objective Question Bank

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Author : Disha Experts
Publisher : Disha Publications
Release : 2021-08-01
File : 79 Pages
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