Icons from the World of Science

An account of the work of Indian Scientists by S.Ananthanarayanan

published by Penguin (India) in Jan 2004

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centures, India surged into the modern world with scientific contributions of the highest importance in diverse fields. Today, this work is a part of our common scientific awarerness but the individual contributions of the scientists are perhaps not so well known. The pages that follow are short accounts of the work of ten Indian scientists who rank among the most influential in their respective areas. It is striking that at a time when India was hardly developed in technology, the work done in science was at the frontiers of knowledge.

CONTENTS

1. Jagdish Chandra Bose

2. Srinavasa Ramanujan

3. C V Raman

4. Satyendranath Bose

5. Meghnad Saha

6. S. Chandrashekhar

7. Homi Bhabha

8. Hargobind Khorana

9. E C George Sudarshan

10. Jayant Narlikar

Links to Reviews

1. The Tribune, Chandigarh

2. Deccan Herald, Bengaluru

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