A Bibliography of Sanskrit Works on Astronomy and Mathematics, Part I: Manuscripts, Texts, Translations and Studies c9.1

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Sri S. N. Sen (b. 1918), an M.Sc. in physics of the Calcutta University (1940) worked for six years (1941-47) as a lecturer in the Scottish Church College, Calcutta and two years (1947-49) in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a Programme Specialist on the popularization and the social implications of science. He studied History of Science in Cambridge (1960) under Dr. Joseph Needham, F.R.S., and is associated with several scientific and cultural societies. He is the author of many books of which his Vijñāner Itihās (A History of Science, 2 Vols, in Bengali) brought him the Rabindra Memorial Prize of the Government of West Bengal for the year 1955-56 and the Narsingdas Prize of the Delhi University for the year.