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008			130315s2013 ii b 000 0 eng
010			_a2013332575
020			_a978-93-81703-21-2 _c₹ 200.00 _q(pbk.)
020			_a9381703213
040			_aMahanirban Calcutta Research Group _beng
041	0		_aeng
050		4	_aQ127.I4 _bL34 2013
082	0	4	_a509.095414 _223 _bLAH
100	1		_aLahiri, Asish, _d1948- _eaut
245	1	0	_aCaught between two cultures _bscience in nineteenth century Bengal _cAshish Lahiri
260			_aKolkata _bThema _c2013
300			_a152 p. _c22 cm.
504			_aincl. bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_a1 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
520			_a"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
650	0	4	_aScience _zIndia _zBengal _xHistory _xColonial studies _y19th century
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