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This is entirely the fault of the Indian Education System and Popular Media. The current generation knows almost nothing about these Indian Greats. In order to
by rramadass 2y ago
This is entirely the fault of the Indian Education System and Popular Media. The current generation knows almost nothing about these Indian Greats.
In order to rectify the status quo;
1) Everybody should get the monthly magazine Science Reporter published by National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. which gives a overview into Indian Science - https://sciencereporter.niscpr.res.in/ https://sciencereporter.niscpr.res.in/
2) The two-volume The Mind of an Engineer by Purnendu Ghosh et al. published by Springer contains essays from many of our recent Scientists/Researchers/Engineers etc. - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-0119-2 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-0119-2
3) Books on Indian Science/Scientists by various authors are available on Amazon India and are worth getting.
4) Also see the books by the great astrophysicist/cosmologist Jayant Narlikar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar), specifically; The Scientific Edge: The Indian Scientist From Vedic To Modern Times. - https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-scientific-edge/ https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-scientific-edge/ and Science and Mathematics: From Primitive to Modern Times - https://www.routledge.com/Science-and-Mathematics-From-Primitive-to-Modern-Times/Narlikar/p/book/9781032066240 https://www.routledge.com/Science-and-Mathematics-From-Primi...
- kadal 2y agoTo this excellent list, I would humbly add Bhavana: https://bhavana.org.in/ https://bhavana.org.in/
- rramadass 2y agoGreat; I didn't know of this Mathematics magazine.
- rramadass 2y agoTwo More; a) Resonance : Journal of Science Education published by Indian Academy of Sciences - https://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Resonance_Journal_of_Science_Education/ https://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Resonance_Journal_of_Science_... b) Science India magazine published by Vijnana Bharati- https://scienceindiamag.in/ https://scienceindiamag.in/