Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development
Short survey of Hindu mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, medicine and engineering compared with contemporary Greek and European science.
- Language
- English
- Date
- 1887–1949 CE
- Author
- Benoy Kumar Sarkar
- Extent
- 441 passages, 16,719 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Longmans, Green & Co., New York 1918; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Benoy Kumar Sarkar †1949); published before 1931:…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 10 parts
- c2 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development — 5 parts
- c3 Preface — 6 parts
- c4 Contents — 2 parts
- c5 Bibliography — 69 parts
- c6 Historical Perspective — 26 parts
- c7 I. Arithmetic — 13 parts
- c8 II. Algebra — 14 parts
- c9 III. Geometry — 15 parts
- c10 IV. Trigonometry — 6 parts
- c11 V. Co-ordinate Geometry — 5 parts
- c12 VI. Differential Calculus — 8 parts
- c13 VII. Kinetics — 9 parts
- c14 VIII. Astronomy — 15 parts
- c15 IX. Physics — 26 parts
- c16 X. Chemistry — 23 parts
- c17 XI. Metallurgy and Chemical Arts — 14 parts
- c18 XII. Medicine — 24 parts
- c19 XIII. Surgery — 11 parts
- c20 XIV. Anatomy and Physiology — 7 parts
- c21 XV. Embryology — 24 parts
- c22 XVI. Natural History — 8 parts
- c23 Conclusion — 10 parts
- c24 Index — 27 parts
- c25 Works by Benoy Kumar Sarkar — 25 parts