Catalogue
Catalogue

Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial library

Publisher:

Published: 1904

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Astronomy in India, 1784-1876
Astronomy in India, 1784-1876

Author: Joydeep Sen

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2016-09-12

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0822981653

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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.

Govind Narayan's Mumbai
Govind Narayan's Mumbai

Author:

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2009-02-01

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0857286897

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Guiding the reader on a tour of the sights and sounds of an emerging city struggling to shake off colonialism and wrestling with the formation of its own budding identity, Narayan’s beguiling book offers descriptions of Mumbai’s daily life, its people and its institutions: the parts of the whole that come together to create this diverse and vivacious place. This valuable text is a rare and enthralling glimpse into a fascinating period and place otherwise lost to time.