Science And The Indian Tradition

Author : David L. Gosling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134143337

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This new text is a detailed study of an important process in modern Indian history. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, India experienced an intellectual renaissance, which owed as much to the influx of new ideas from the West as to traditional religious and cultural insights. Gosling examines the effects of the introduction of Western science into India, and the relationship between Indian traditions of thought and secular Western scientific doctrine. He charts the early development of science in India, its role in the secularization of Indian society, and the subsequent reassertion, adaptation and rejection of traditional modes of thought. The beliefs of key Indian scientists, including Jagadish Chandra Bose, P.C. Roy and S.N. Bose are explored and the book goes on to reflect upon how individual scientists could still accept particular religious beliefs such as reincarnation, cosmology, miracles and prayer. Science and the Indian Tradition gives an in-depth assessment of results of the introduction of Western science into India, and will be of interest to scholars of Indian history and those interested in the interaction between Western and Indian traditions of intellectual thought.

Author : Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015041767453

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Mathematics, Astronomy, and Biology in Indian Tradition by Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya Pdf

This Book Is A Critical Exercise In Rediscovering, Recapturing And Reinterpreting The Heritage Of India From A Contemporary Point Of View. This Monograph Is A Collection Of Five Research Papers By Eminent Scholars In The Fields Of Philosophy, Science, History And Culture And The Like Any Other Truly Historical Project It Has An Any Other Truly Historical Project It Has An Implict Futural Orientation.

Author : John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Culture
ISBN : UOM:39015031048369

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Science and Indian Culture by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane Pdf

Author : David L. Gosling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : India
ISBN : OCLC:1409190306

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Science and the Indian Tradition by David L. Gosling Pdf

Author : Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 1240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : India
ISBN : 8131728188

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History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: pt. 1. Science, technology, imperialism and war by Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya Pdf

Author : Renny Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000534313

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Science and Religion in India by Renny Thomas Pdf

This book provides an in-depth ethnographic study of science and religion in the context of South Asia, giving voice to Indian scientists and shedding valuable light on their engagement with religion. Drawing on biographical, autobiographical, historical, and ethnographic material, the volume focuses on scientists’ religious life and practices, and the variety of ways in which they express them. Renny Thomas challenges the idea that science and religion in India are naturally connected and argues that the discussion has to go beyond binary models of ‘conflict’ and ‘complementarity’. By complicating the understanding of science and religion in India, the book engages with new ways of looking at these categories.

Author : Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:248089567

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Mathematics, Astronomy, and Biology in Indian Tradition by Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya Pdf

Author : David L. Gosling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134143320

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Science and the Indian Tradition by David L. Gosling Pdf

This new text is a detailed study of an important process in modern Indian history. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, India experienced an intellectual renaissance, which owed as much to the influx of new ideas from the West as to traditional religious and cultural insights. Gosling examines the effects of the introduction of Western science into India, and the relationship between Indian traditions of thought and secular Western scientific doctrine. He charts the early development of science in India, its role in the secularization of Indian society, and the subsequent reassertion, adaptation and rejection of traditional modes of thought. The beliefs of key Indian scientists, including Jagadish Chandra Bose, P.C. Roy and S.N. Bose are explored and the book goes on to reflect upon how individual scientists could still accept particular religious beliefs such as reincarnation, cosmology, miracles and prayer. Science and the Indian Tradition gives an in-depth assessment of results of the introduction of Western science into India, and will be of interest to scholars of Indian history and those interested in the interaction between Western and Indian traditions of intellectual thought.

Author : Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya,Ravinder Kumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015031130670

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Science, Philosophy, and Culture by Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya,Ravinder Kumar Pdf

Overview volumes of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture.

Author : Purusottama Bilimoria,Melukote K. Sridhar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015080548848

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Traditions of Science by Purusottama Bilimoria,Melukote K. Sridhar Pdf

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 : Nilesh Agarwal Kumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1636331254

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Indian Traditions and Their Scientific Reasons by Nilesh Agarwal Kumar Pdf

This book is printed on 70 GSM dust-free paper for a better reading experience. In this book, we will introduce you to some of the traditions which Hinduism has been following for many years. This thing may seem surprising, but these traditions are equally popular in every country outside India where Indians live.

Author : B. V. Subbarayappa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UOM:39015080549820

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The Tradition of Astronomy in India by B. V. Subbarayappa Pdf

Illustrations: Numerous Colour Illustrations Description: The volumes of the Project of History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim to discover the central aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated manner. In spite of their unitary look, these volumes recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers, methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments. Rather, contributions are made by different scholars of diverse ideological persuasions and methodological approaches. The Project is marked by what may be called 'methodological pluralism'. In spite of its primarily historical character, this project, both in its conceptualization and execution, has been shaped by scholars drawn from different disciplines. It is the first time that an endeavour of such unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilization. This Volume endeavours to present the perceptible facets of the tradition of astronomy in India : - the torch-bearers of this tradition and their texts; main characteristics of Indian astronomy; scientific approach to the phenomenon of eclipse; pancanga and its social dimensions including the vrata-s, festivals and other observances; origin of astrological ideas, their seeming links with astronomy and certain contradictions; extensive computations concerning planetary revolutions in a huge cyclic period, mean as well as true positions of planets and associated mathematical aspects. In order to have the narrative undisturbed, the related mathematical astronomy has been given in the Appendices. Computations apart, Indian astronomers were keen observers of the motions of celestial bodies and used several instruments, and this aspect has been dealt with appropriately. The question of transmissions in the early centuries before and after the Christian Era vis-a-vis the originality and endogenous developments of Indian astronomy, has been addressed in an objective manner. Since Islamic astronomy has also fostered its tradition in India for over 500 years, three articles on this have been reproduced in the Appendices. Indian astronomical texts are noted for their mathematical-astronomical scientific terminology which was so standardized that it enabled astronomers (who were separated both in time and space), to articulate and promote this tradition over the centuries, as evidenced by the extensive glossary of technical terms given at the end. It is hoped that this Volume, probably the first of its kind inasmuch as it sheds light on both the scientific and the long tradition of Indian astronomy, will be found useful by scholars and general readers alike.

Author : Ainslie Thomas Embree,Stephen N. Hay,William Theodore De Bary
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0231064144

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Sources of Indian Tradition: Modern India and Pakistan by Ainslie Thomas Embree,Stephen N. Hay,William Theodore De Bary Pdf

-- Wendy Doniger, University of Chcago

Author : Dr. S Radhakrishnan
Publisher : Orient Paperbacks
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788122206722

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Religion, Science and Culture by Dr. S Radhakrishnan Pdf

A masterly review of the evolving relationship between religion, science and culture, and the need to create a spiritual unity which will transcend and sustain the material unity of the world order. 'Dr. Radhakrishnan's sweep is as wide as the world, and wider.' — Tribune 'This book is not only meant to promote interpeople understanding but to awaken mankind to the danger of extinction of homo sapiens by nuclear destruction, the abyss it has reached by spiritual involution.' — Times of India

Author : Surendra Nath Sen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015041767446

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Science, Philosophy, and Culture in Historical Perspective by Surendra Nath Sen Pdf

Contributed articles with special reference to India.