Ed. A K Sharma et al Published by Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata
2013, the 150th Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, coincided with the centenary year of the Indian Science Congress Association. To commemorate these occasions, the National Academy of Sciences, India, and the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture brought out the History of Science in India in eight volumes tracing the scientific temper of Indians from pre-historic Vedic times. Written by different sets of authors, all volumes trace this history in a lively manner without losing objectivity, accuracy, and clarity.
The Introductory volume brings out in 237 pages, the zeal, scientific temper and vision of 28 eminent personalities including Swami Vivekananda, Ramanujam, J.C.Bose, C.V.Raman, Birbal Sahni, Bhatnagar, and Mahendral Lal Sarkar.
Volume I, Part I, deals with Physics, Mathematics and Statistics journeying through Aryabhata, finding the values of Zero, Pi, studying the works of S. N. Bose and C. V. Raman of the ‘Bengal School of Physics’, the survey of Mehalanobis and C. R. Rao, and the influence of Sankhya philosophy on Statistics, in 286 pages.
Volume I, Part II, on Astronomy studies the Indian sky of 6000 years ago, the Indian calendar with eclipses calculated by the Rishis of yore, as well as modern sky watchers like Dr Pappu, and Astrophysics institutions and planetoria, in 228 pages.
Volume II on Medicine and Pharmacology runs into 285 pages tracing the journey of Medicine in India from the Ethnomedicine of prehistoric tribals to Ayurveda, Siddha, Yoga, etc., up to Unani and modern Allopathy.
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