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Some Eminent Indian Scientists Jagjit Singh 1966 1st Ed Bose Raman Ramanujan
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- Author
- Jagjit Singh
- Publisher
- Publications Division
- Language
- English
- Topic
- Indian Science and Scientists
About this book
Some Eminent Indian Scientists
By Jagjit Singh
Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
March 1966
First edition / first printing
Cloth hardcover
131 pages
No ISBN
An original Government of India first edition devoted to twelve major figures in modern Indian science. The profiles were first published in The Illustrated Weekly between 1960 and 1965.
Scientists covered include Homi J. Bhabha, J. C. Bose, R. C. Bose, S. N. Bose, S. Chandrasekhar, J. B. S. Haldane, D. S. Kothari, K. S. Krishnan, P. C. Mahalanobis, C. V. Raman, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and M. N. Saha.
Jagjit Singh was an Indian mathematics writer and science educator who received UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for helping the public understand science.
Best fit for collectors of Indian history, mathematics, physics, scientific biography, Government of India publications, and early writing about Bose, Raman, Bhabha, Chandrasekhar, and Ramanujan.