TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lahiri,Asish
TI  - Caught between two cultures: science in nineteenth century Bengal
SN  - 978-93-81703-21-2
AV  - Q127.I4 L34 2013
U1  - 509.095414 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Kolkata
PB  - Thema
KW  - Science
KW  - India
KW  - Bengal
KW  - History
KW  - Colonial studies
KW  - 19th century
N1  - incl. bibliographical references; 1 Radhanath Sikdar: The Atypical Derozian Scientist -- 2 Vidyasagar and Akshay Kumar Dutta: The Two Pioneers of Rationalism in Bengal -- 3 Bhudev Mukhopadhyay: Between Idea and Substance -- 4 Hindu Science': Vivekananda's Strange Volte-face -- 5 Jagadish Chandra Bose: Caught between Two Cultures? -- 6 Tagore's Creative Comradeship with Science -- 7 Profiles
N2  - "Ashish Lahiri, historian of science, explores J D Bernal’s contention that science in colonial India lacked a comprehensive critical tradition and an internal security, and follows the punctuated evolution of a scientific spirit that sought to bridge the two cultures' in nineteenth century Bengal, JD Bernal's contention that science in colonial India documenting how  Radhanath Sikdar, Vidyasagar, Akshay Kumar Dutta, Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, Jagadish Chandra Bose,  Prafulla Chandra Ray and Rabindranath Tagore contributed to the project, and how organized religion intervened to drive the two cultures' apart."--Book cover
ER  -