Indian Journal of Physics, 82(7):1003-1082 (2008) Cultivation of Science in the 19th Century Bengal Rajesh Kochhar National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector 67, Mohali (Punjab) [email protected] Abstract India was the first country outside the Western World to take to modern science. The initiative came in the later ( continue reading… )
Social Scientist, 36:45-63, 2008 Prof. S.C. Mishra Memorial Lecture , 68th Indian History Congress, Delhi, 28 Dec. 2007 Seductive orientalism: \English education and modern science in colonial India Rajesh Kochhar Professor of Pharmaceutical Heritage, NIPER1 Mohali160062, Former Director, NISTADS2, New Delhi 1 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research 2 National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (CSIR) [email protected] ( continue reading… )
Book Review The Forgotten Revolution: How Science was Born in 300 BC and How it had to be Reborn By Lucio Russo (trans. by Silvio Levy) Springer $99. ISBN 3-540-20088-1 Rev by Rajesh Kochhar (2006) Indian Journal of History of Science, 41:3, 335-338. Alexander’s military campaigns which extended ( continue reading… )