A Concise History of Science in India
Chapters by specialists on astronomy, mathematics, medicine, chemistry, physics, biology, technology and Indian scientific transmission, with source references.
- Language
- English
- Date
- 1890–1962 CE
- Authors
- D. M. Bose, Surendra Nath Sen, B. V. Subbarayappa
- Extent
- 4,348 passages, 266,045 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi 1971; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and… · In copyright (D. M. Bose †1975; S. N. Sen †1992; B. V. Subbarayappa); freely available on archive.org — shown…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 13 parts
- c2 Preface — 12 parts
- c3 Contents — 26 parts
- c4 Illustrations, Tables and Plates — 36 parts
- c5 1 A Survey of Source Materials — 12 parts
- c6 2 Astronomy — 15 parts
- c7 3 Mathematics — 11 parts
- c8 4 Medicine — 10 parts
- c9 5 Chemical Practices and Alchemy — 13 parts
- c10 6 Agriculture — 15 parts
- c11 7 Botany — 3 parts
- c12 8 Zoology — 6 parts
- c13 9 The Physical World: Views and Concepts — 18 parts
- c14 11 Résumé — 14 parts
- c15 Chronological Table — 13 parts
- c16 Abbreviations — 1 part
- c17 Bibliography — 2 parts
- c18 Index — 58 parts
- c19 Errata — 2 parts