Bhadralok physics and the making of modern science in colonial India

This study offers a micro-history of the development of quantum physics in India during the first half of the twentieth century, prior to Indian independence. The investigation focuses on the case studies of Indian physicists Satyendranath Bose (1894-1974), Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970...

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Main Author: Banerjee, Somaditya
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45405