ISBN:
9780415402095
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (201 p)
Series Statement:
India in the Modern World
Parallel Title:
Print version Science and the Indian Tradition : When Einstein Met Tagore
DDC:
303.48/3095409041
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 r
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Science in India's intellectual renaissance; 3 Tradition redefined; 4 Worldviews in encounter; 5 Relativity and beyond; 6 Indian science comes of age; 7 An investigation into the beliefs of Indian scientists; 8 How clear is reason's stream?; 9 Looking to the future; Appendix A The nature of reality; Appendix B Investigation questionnaire (Chapter 7); Select glossary of terms; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
