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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Ethnoscience
ISBN : 8182748399
Author : Arun Kumar Jha,Seema Sahay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000843743
This book critically examines different aspects of scientific and technological development in Ancient India. It studies the special contribution of the history of science in our scientific understanding and its relationship with the philosophy and sociology of science. The volume: Discusses diverse and wide-ranging themes including Tibetan Buddhist tradition of neuro-biology; Sheds light on the unique developments within iron technology and urbanization in ancient Odisha; Studies the trajectory of proto-historic astronomy in India and the science of monsoon in early India; Evaluates the legacy of Aryabhata based on his major works related to astronomy and mathematics through a multidimensional perspective; Analyses the traditional knowledge of medicine in early India, the golden age of surgery with reference to the ancient Greek and Arabic systems of medicine, and the Buddhist influence on the science of medicine in Tibet. This book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of ancient history, Indian history, history of science, history of technology, science and technology studies, and South Asian studies.
Author : Robin W. Winks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780198205661
This volume investigates the shape and the development of scholarly and popular opinion about the British Empire over the centuries.
Author : Robin Winks
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191542411
The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. This fifth and final volume shows how opinions have changed dramatically over the generations about the nature, role, and value of imperialism generally, and the British Empire more specifically. The distinguished team of contributors discuss the many and diverse elements which have influenced writings on the Empire: the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise of nationalism in former colonies, decolonization, and the Cold War. They demonstrate how the study of empire has evolved from a narrow focus on constitutional issues to a wide-ranging enquiry about international relations, the uses of power, and impacts and counterimpacts between settler groups and native peoples. The result is a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.
Author : Robin Winks
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191647697
The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. This fifth and final volume shows how opinions have changed dramatically over the generations about the nature, role, and value of imperialism generally, and the British Empire more specifically. The distinguished team of contributors discuss the many and diverse elements which have influenced writings on the Empire: the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise of nationalism in former colonies, decolonization, and the Cold War. They demonstrate how the study of empire has evolved from a narrow focus on constitutional issues to a wide-ranging enquiry about international relations, the uses of power, and impacts and counterimpacts between settler groups and native peoples. The result is a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.
Author : Deepak Kumar
Publisher : Routledge Chapman & Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Environmental sciences
ISBN : 1032149698
Introduction / Suvobrata Sarkar -- Medicine, natural history and the curious case of Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty / John Mathew -- Examining the foundations of science : an essay on Ramendra Sundar Trivedi's epistemological inquiries / Santanu Chacraverti -- Professor Balaji Prabhakar Modak--a forgotten science propagator from Maharashtra / Abhidha Dhumatkar -- Cultural politics of engagement : Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad and the shaping of a scientific-citizen public in Kerala / Shiju Sam Varughese -- Electrification and urbanization in Madras, 1895-1930 / Y. Srinivasa Rao -- Academic engineering and India's colonial encounter : Bengal Engineering College, Sibpur in historical perspective / Suvobrata Sarkar -- Of geologists and water-diviners : the quest for groundwater knowledge in mid-twentieth century India / Kapil Subramanian -- From battlefields to homes : oil's imperial and quotidian life in colonized and independent India / Sarandha Jain -- Designing scientific mining : evolution and implementation, c. 1860s-1930s / Sahara Ahmed -- On grazing lands and cultivated fodder / Himanshu Upadhyaya -- Deforestation, ecological deterioration and scientific forestry in Purulia, 1890s-1960s / Nirmal Kumar Mahato -- Where man meets medicine : some reflections on The death of Ivan Ilyich and Āyurveda with its epistemological consequences / Jayanta Bhattacharya -- Therapeutic ideas and practices of tuberculosis in the Madras Presidency, 1910-1947 / B. Eswara Rao -- A case for the social history of homoeopathic hospitals in India : an invitation for its construction and rendition / Dhrub Kumar Singh -- Saviour sisters : services of the Delhi female medical missionaries in late colonial India / Ch. Radha Gayathri.
Author : Ortwin Renn,Nicole C. Karafyllis,Andreas Hohlt,Dorothea Taube
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317500216
Education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is crucial for taking advantage of the prospects of new scientific discoveries initiating or promoting technological changes, and managing opportunities and risks associated with innovations. This book explores the emerging perspectives and methodologies of STEM education and its relationship to the cultural understanding of science and technology in an international context. The authors provide a unique perspective on the subject, presenting materials and experiences from non-European industrialized as well as industrializing countries, including China, Japan, South Korea, India, Egypt, Brazil and the USA. The chapters offer a wide scope of interpretations and comparative reviews of STEM education by including narrative elements about cultural developments, considering the influence of culture and social perceptions on technological and social change, and applying innovative tools of qualitative social research. The book represents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary review of the current status and future challenges facing STEM education across the world, including issues such as globalization, interdependencies of norms and values, effects on equity and social justice as well as resilience. Overall the volume provides valuable insights for a broad and comprehensive international comparison of STEM philosophies, approaches and experiences.
Author : Suvobrata Sarkar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000485004
This volume studies the concept and relevance of HISTEM (History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine) in shaping the histories of colonial and postcolonial South Asia. Tracing its evolution from the establishment of the East India Company through to the early decades after the Independence of India, it highlights the ways in which the discipline has changed over the years and examines the various influences that have shaped it. Drawing on extensive case studies, the book offers valuable insights into diverse themes such as the East–West encounter, appropriation of new knowledge, science in translation and communication, electricity and urbanization, the colonial context of engineering education, science of hydrology, oil and imperialism, epidemic and empire, vernacular medicine, gender and medicine, as well as environment and sustainable development in the colonial and postcolonial milieu. An indispensable text on South Asia’s experience of modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian studies, modern Indian history, sociology, history of science, cultural studies, colonialism, as well as studies on Science, Technology, and Society (STS).
Author : Barbara D. Metcalf,Thomas R. Metcalf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107026490
The third edition of the Metcalfs' classic history of India charts developments across the last twenty years.
Author : Rigas Arvanitis
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848260597
Science and Technology Policy theme is a component of Encyclopedia of Technology, Information, and Systems Management Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Science and technology policy covers all the public sector measures designed for the creation, funding, support, and mobilization of scientific and technological resources. The content of the Theme on Science and technology policy provides the essential aspects and a myriad of issues of great relevance to our world such as: Science and Technology Policy; International Dimensions of Science and Technology Policy; The Innovation System; The Policy Making Process in Science and Technology; Regional Perspectives: A New Scenario for Science and Technology Policies in the Developed and Developing World . These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs
Author : Suvobrata Sarkar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108835985
This book studies the correlation between technological knowledge and industrial performance, with the focus on electricity, an emerging technology during 1880 and 1945.
Author : Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9060320980
Author : Purusottama Bilimoria,Melukote K. Sridhar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015080548848
Illustrations: 13 B/w & 1 Colour Illustrations Description: The frontiers of Traditional Knowledge and Science have long attracted the minds of scientists, theologians, intellectuals and students, who have been arguing both their similarities and dissimilarities, apparent contradictions, and the possibility of an ultimate harmony between the two. In ancient and medieval India - as in much of the Non-Western world - there was only one word for tradition and science, namely, vidya. Vidya encompassed what in the modern historically-sensitive inquiries is called 'knowledge-systems.' However, in the modern West, placing Science and Tradition side-by-side has become something of an anathema, for many in the post-Enlightenment era regard Tradition to be a leftover from the Dark Ages. Science, in contrast, with its systematic approach to studying and understanding of all there is, has been considered to be unassailable. But even this impenetrable divide may be showing signs of rupture in the twenty-first century : there is now growing evidence of a line of continuity and creative engagement in a 'third space' between Science and Traditional Knowledge. Individuals and learned organizations are making enormous contributions in this interactive exploration. The Sir John Templeton Foundation, based in Philadelphia, USA, is one such international organization. Professor B.V. Subbarayappa is one such eminent scholar who has relentlessly pursued, and in his quiet way stimulated, the fusion of disparate minds in this area. He is hailed as a pioneer in the History and Philosophy of Science movement in India. His contributions in this field are without match and have earned him a name among scientists, science historians, philosophers and intellectuals all over the world. His monumental work and his sheer humanity have inspired the Editors of this volume to find a way to honour him. Scholars of various persuasions from around the world have contributed exploratory, specialist and dialogic essays toward this conversation of Science and Tradition. A biographical sketch with a comprehensive Bibliography (first-ever) of Prof Subbarayappa is also featured in the Introductory essay. Professor--D.P. Chattopadhyaya and J.N. Mohanty have offered prefatory comments of their own. Given the extensive range of topics discussed, both specialists and lay readers will doubtless gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between Science and Tradition in a cross-cultural context, and hopefully be inspired to develop respect for knowledge across these two frontiers.
Author : Noveena Chakravorty,Sharmila Kayal,Sayak Pal,K. S. Chithra Lekshmi,Dr. R. Jayaseelan,Dr. S. Kadeswaran,Arpan Paul,Saibal Ray,Nimit Rajesh Sachde,Dr. Ankit Kashyap,Dr. Debastuti Dasgupta,Soumyadeep Sarkar,Gadamsetty Surya,Brindha D,Dr. Jayaseelan R,Samhita S. Mysorae,Sunil Kumar,Md. Nuruddin Pier Shihab,Dr. Suresh Gaur ,Vijay Anand Panigrahi,Pamela Ghosh,Utsha Sarkar,Riddhima Yadav,Dr. Archan Mitra,Sayani Das,Dr. Rakesh Tripathi,Dr. C. Sriram,Dr. V. Mohanasundaram,Subinita Paul,Palak Bisht,Tasha Singh Parihar,Manasa M,Abdul Rasheed A P K,Anju Michael,Arindam Basu,Sonali Jha,Dr. Tamanna M. Shah,Dr. Sheweta Gaur,Manv Sharma,Dr. Ramalakshmi L
Publisher : Adamas Knowledge City, Barasat
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9788196340223
Film has always acted as a window to the society where it brings out various essences of life. India has always shown prominence in representing its inheritance and rich cultural lineage through different layers of films. Right from “Raja Harishchandra” as a full-length feature film in 1913 to the most contemporary films released on OTT, everything and everyone embedded in any of the films made in India has some level of relevance to the time and society, therefore, they can be called contemporary while projecting some form of social message through their presence. The book “Indian Contemporary Films and Societal Reflection” presents a collection of a list of reviews based on some of the perspectives and concepts portrayed through films like commercialism, gender identity, gender representation, portrayal of power, cinema as a form of art, casteism in cinema, political discourse in cinema, inequality, resilience, relationship, oppression, animation, celluloid reverberations, propaganda and agenda planning, and many more. The twenty-six enthralling chapters from forty-nine authors are collected in this book, which would provide an extensive understanding of different perspectives of films and help identify the societal portrayal of films in various ways.
Author : Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 1240 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : India
ISBN : 8131728188
